Why lateen rigs did not scale cleanly to large warships

Why were lateen or ketch rigs not used more widely on large sailing warships?

They worked well on smaller vessels but became difficult to handle and aerodynamically inefficient when scaled across multiple masts.

The answer acknowledges the lateen or ketch rig's handling advantages on smaller vessels. Scaling it to a large, multi-masted warship introduces interactions between sails, spars, and airflow that are much less forgiving. What looks efficient in isolation can become hard to handle and lose aerodynamic value when several large sails interfere with one another. The historical preference for other rigs therefore reflects practical experience at scale rather than ignorance of the lateen sail's merits.