Pinnace may refer to:
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Pinnace (ship's boat)
As a ship's boat, the pinnace is a light boat, propelled by oars or sails, carried aboard merchant and war vessels in the Age of Sail to serve as a tender. The pinnace was usually rowed but could be rigged with a sail for use in favorable winds. ...
, a small vessel used as a tender to larger vessels among other things
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Full-rigged pinnace
The full-rigged pinnace was the larger of two types of vessel called a pinnace in use from the sixteenth century.
Etymology
The word ''pinnace'', and similar words in many languages (as far afield as Indonesia, where the boat "pinisi" took it ...
, a ship-rigged vessel popular in northern waters during the 17th through 19th centuries
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