Although Mossflower is not a maritime story it does have a
maritime element to it; there are two ships mentioned within its pages.
Waterwing
Waterwing was built by Log-a-Log, a shrew. (The land of the
shrews was sacked by Ripfang and his band of sea rats. The shrews that were not
killed were put to the oars as galley slaves.) Waterwing is a gallery that is
fit with a sail. She was lost on her maiden voyage after she came in contact
with cataracts on the Great South Stream.
Bloodwake
The Bloodwake like the Waterwing is a galley that is fit
with sails. Bloodwake is commanded by Ripfang the sea-rat, the “most black
hearted sea-rat or’em all”, and is crewed by a crew of murderous sea-rats and
other assorted misfits. The Bloodwake is painted black and has a large bleached
skull and fin of some sea-fish on its bow.
The Bloodwake, once captured by Martin and his friends and
was renamed Wuddshipp. Wuddshipp would be scuttled in order to flood the River
Moss. She was eventually refloated and used to ferry stone from the quarry to
the location for the new Redwall Abby.
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