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*[[Joel Root]] as [[supercargo]] sailed out of New Haven harbor in 1802 on the brig ''Huron'' to begin his journey around the world on a sealing expedition.
* [[Rover (privateering ship)|Rover]] was a privateer brig out of Liverpool, Nova Scotia known for several bold battles in the Napoleonic Wars.
* [[HMS Temeraire (1876)|HMS ''Temeraire'']], "The Great Brig", an [[ironclad]] launched in 1876, the largest ship to sail with a brig rig.
* [[NMS Mircea (1882)|NMS ''Mircea'']] was a brig of the [[Romanian Navy]], built in London in 1882 and sunk by aircraft in April 1944.
* The ''Telos'', built in [[Bangor, Maine]] in 1883, was reportedly the last brig to join the American merchant marine, and was "considered to be the finest vessel of her class ever constructed in Maine". She was wrecked on Aves Island, off [[Bonaire]] in the Caribbean, in 1900.<ref>''New York Times'' June 17, 1900, p. 10</ref>
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