Military ship commonly used in the 16th and 17th centuries by European and Mediterranean navies
This article is about heavy military galleys. For the trade vessels used on the Baltic Sea, see Galeas.
A galleass of the 1588 Spanish ArmadaEngraving of a galleass from Plan de Plusieurs Batiments de Mer avec leurs Proportions (c. 1690) by Henri Sbonski de Passebon. Engraving by Claude Randon.
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A galleass was a warship that combined the sails and armament of a galleon with the maneuverability of the oared galley.[1] While never quite matching up to the full expectations for its design, the galleass nevertheless remained in use during the 16th and 17th centuries.[2]
^Kemp, Peter Kemp (July 1980). Encyclopedia of ships and seafaring. Crown Publishers. p. 211. ISBN 9780517537381.
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Mattingly, Garrett, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada. (Penguin nd) p. 420
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