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	Galleass
		The early galleasses built by Francesco Bressan were therefore simply large galleys with a deck at the waterline and a frame for the outrigger and quarter boards.
		The galleass later changed her form and had a complete hull, like that of the large oared ships; there was no ram, but she kept her old name and was still driven by oar, with seven men per bench.
		For a galleass with twenty oars per side and seven men per oar, the rowers numbered 140.
	www.citrus.k12.fl.us /ships/galleass.htm (284 words)

	Battle of Lepanto - Fast and Easy Rules for Students
		Galleasses were very slow and difficult to maneuver because of their size.
		Galleasses cannot ram and can't be sunk by Turkish ramming attempts.
		Galleasses can only be grappled and boarded if they are in contact with an enemy ship and the enemy rolls a 6.
	www.juniorgeneral.org /naval/lepanto.html (1445 words)

	Ye Olde Booke O' Seadogs: Galleass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In order to accommodate the masts and rigging, galleasses had to be built with a greater beam and deeper draught than the galley.
		They were lateen rigged on two or three masts, but suffered from the inevitable defects of compromise, being unable to carry the more effective square rig of the sailing ship because of the modified galley hull form and also, for the same reason, being unable to retain the speed and maneuverability of the true galley.
		Six galleasses were included in the Spanish fleet for the Armada campaign but were unable to accomplish anything in the stormier waters of the English Channel and North Sea.
	www.vamos-wentworth.org /seadog/?subject=galleass (148 words)

	Galley Encyclopedia Article @ Harshly.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Galleasses usually carried more sails than true galleys, and were far deadlier; a galley caught broadside lay all but helpless, but coming broadside to a galleass, as with a ship of the line, merely exposed an attacker to her gunfire.
		The galleass exemplified an intermediate type between the galley and the true man-of-war.
		Later, "round ships" and galleasses were replaced by galleons and ships of the line which originated in northern Europe.
	www.harshly.org /encyclopedia/Galley (3586 words)

	EW: Cossacks - Units
		The Venetians were among the trendsetters in the field of building and use of rowing vessels.
		The baptism of fire for galleasses took place in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, and brought about the victory of the Christians over the Ottoman fleet.
		Galleasses made use of their advantage over other types of vessels under calm, when their oars allowed them to gain quite a good speed.
	www.cossacks.de /english/encyclopedia/un_ship_galleass.htm (136 words)

	CEHD
		The six Venetian galleasses made a major contribution to Christian victory and their presence in the line of battle was an improbable thing.
		Galleasses and galleys performed very differently as sailing vessels and under oars and cooperation between the two was extraordinarily difficult to achieve; indeed, Lepanto is virtually the only significant example of close and successful tactical cooperation between galleasses and galleys.
		If, in the days before the battle, sea and wind conditions had differed appreciably from those that prevailed it is most unlikely that four of the six galleasses would have been at their assigned places before the opposing fleets met and the other two close enough to weigh in before battle's end.
	www.angelfire.com /ga4/guilmartin.com/CEHD.html (4356 words)

	Lindëfirion: Ships of Middle-Earth
		Galleasses are exclusively men-of-war, used as galley fleet flagships.
		Gondorian galleasses are usually rigged in the way of a carrack.
		They cannot stand heavy weather as well as a carrack of the same size, and the endurance is lower, mainly because of the extra men needed for the oars, but they pack fearsome weaponry and are virtually invulnerable to galleys.
	www.taivaansusi.net /roolipelit/lindefirion/ships.html (1306 words)

	Rules for Naval Warfare from 1500 to 1850
		Generally these were of four kinds: pinnaces, larger vessels with auxiliary oars, galleys and galleasses.
		Galleasses were larger and provided some of the most powerful vessels in the Spanish Armada.
		If a galley or galleass is abandoned, the slaves will immediately row for the nearest beach and beach the vessel.
	www.balagan.org.uk /war/rules/naval_rules.htm (2784 words)

	Galleasses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The galleass or "galliass" (known as a "mahon" in Turkey) was a larger, higher and heavier form of galley; it usually carried three masts and had a forecastle and aftcastle (this form developed into the sailing carrack and then the Mediterranean galleon.
		The number of oars or sweeps varied, the larger galley having twenty-five on each side.
		The galleass had as many as thirty-two, each being worked by several men.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Galleasses (133 words)

	The Battle of Lepanto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The sides and the stern of the galleass were also heavily armed and a wooden deck protected the rowers.
		The Turks were not lacking in courage, however, and they pressed on in the face of intense fire from the galleasses, the galleys' guns and arquebus and crossbowmen on the Christian decks.
		Ali Pasha tried to come alongside the Christian ships in the hope of boarding and here the legendary steadfastness under fire of the 16th and 17th century Spanish infantryman came to the fore and attack after attack was beaten off by killing shots from their arquebuses.
	www.catholicradiodramas.com /Articles/the_battle_of_lepanto.htm (2027 words)

	Remember Lepanto - History - Robert McMullen @ TraditionInAction.org
		He ordered his captains not to fire until “close enough to be splattered with Moslem blood.” The iron rams were removed from the Christian ships, as the plan was for boarding and close quarter fighting.
		Two of the large Venetian galleasses were towed into position in front of each of the three Christian divisions.
		The Venetian galleasses opened fire, and almost immediately eight Moslem ships were hit and began to sink.
	www.traditioninaction.org /History/A_001_Lepanto.html (1871 words)

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		Two galleasses, which had side-mounted cannon, were positioned in front of each main division, for the purpose, according to Cervantes (who served on one of these galleasses, the Marquesa, during the battle), of preventing the Turks from sneaking in small boats and sapping, sabotaging or boarding the Habsburg vessels.
		A further Reserve Division was stationed behind (that is, to the west of) the main fleet, to lend support wherever it might be needed.
		If the day is yours', then God has given it to you." The battle The Left and Centre galleasses had been towed half a mile ahead of the Christian line, and were able to sink 2 Turkish galleys, and damage some more, before the Turkish fleet left them behind.
	www.etu.edu.tr /~edogdu/course/bil212/asg/lepanto.txt (1821 words)

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		Its fleet flew a huge flag of Christ crucified, and consisted of 316 ships, including 208 galleys and 6 galleasses, a cross between a galley and a galleon, with between 30 and 40 heavy guns instead of the usual four or five of a galley.
		The Venetian fleet was under the command of a 75-year-old fire-brand, Sebastiano Veniero, with the redoubtable Agostino Barbarigo as his second-in-command.
		The galleasses, floating batteries that were to cause havoc in the Muslim ships, kept up their positions just ahead of the rest of the Christian fleet.
	jloughnan.tripod.com /lepanto.htm (3033 words)

	Fugger Newsletters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		And although Don Alonzo de Bazan, brother of the Marquis de Santa Cruz, sailed out with the seven galleasses which he commands at Lisbon, he began to skirmish with his cannon, and the firing and skirmishing lasted till six o'clock in the evening.
		He is to sail from Lisbon as soon as possible with thirty-two well-armed galleasses and pursue the enemy.
		Two galleasses seem to have been destroyed, the remainder are still at sea.
	www.idbsu.edu /courses/reformation/sources/fz/fzarmada.shtml (5178 words)

	The Spanish Armada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		By the time these had made their way back to Corunna and were ready to sail again with fresh provisions, it was July 12th.
		Morale was much higher as the fleet of over 130 vessels, galleons, galleys, merchantmen, galleasses, supply ships and pataches, carrying almost 30,000 men, hoisted sails for the English channel.
		This was one of the four galleasses which sailed with the Armada, a long narrow ship, powered both by oars and a large square sail.
	www.clarelibrary.ie /eolas/coclare/history/spanish_armada.htm (1075 words)

	Battle of Lepanto
		The coalition fleet consisted of 206 galleys and 6 galleasses, and was ably commanded by Don John of Austria (Don Juan).
		Galleys were contributed by the various Christian factions: 108 Venetian galleys and 6 Venetian galleasses, 13 from Habsburg Spain, 30 from Habsburg Naples, 6 from Habsburg Sicily, 3 from Genoa, 3 from Savoy, 3 from Malta, 12 Papal ships and 28 privately owned galleys.
		Ali Pacha (Ali Pasha), supported by the buccaneers Chulouk Bey of Alexandria (also called Scirocco, Mehmet Shuluk or Suluk Pasha) and Uluj Ali (also known as Uluch Ali or Kilitch Ali), was at the head of approximately 220-230 galleys, 50-60 galliots and some smaller vessels belonging to the Ottomans.
	www.molossia.org /milacademy/lepanto.html (934 words)

	Battle of Lepanto (1571) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Holy League's fleet consisted of 206 galleys and six galleasses (large converted merchant galleys carrying substantial artillery), and was ably commanded by Don John (or Don Juan) of Austria, the illegitimate son of Emperor Charles V and halfbrother of King Philip II of Spain.
		Vessels had been contributed by the various Christian states: 109 galleys and six galleasses from Venice, 80 galleys from Spain and Naples/Sicily, 12 Tuscan galleys hired by the Papal States, three galleys each from Genoa, Malta, and Savoy, and several privately owned galleys.
		Two galleasses, which had side-mounted cannon, were positioned in front of each main division, for the purpose, according to Cervantes (who served on the galleass Marquesa during the battle), of preventing the Turks from sneaking in small boats and sapping, sabotaging or boarding the Christian vessels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Lepanto_(1571) (2455 words)

	Galley Encyclopedia Article @ Harshly.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		From a document of Pliny the Elder, a galley proper would have 18 to 24 oars, a 484 BC 12 to 18 oars and a 315 BC fewer still.
		They usually carried three masts and had a edit and Categories.
		As early as 413 BC defeated triremes could seek shelter behind a screen of merchant ships (4 The Galleass Warship (7, 41), Needham 4, pt3, p693).
	www.harshly.net /encyclopedia/Galley (3584 words)

	Mr. D's Skeptic Tank
		The Christian fleet at Lepanto was the first to employ a new naval weapon: enormous galleasses, newly launched from the Arsenal at Venice, bristling with cannon and capable of delivering as much firepower as six standard galleys.
		Six of these unwieldy floating behemoths (which had to be towed into position) were to lay waste to the Turkish fleet as it crossed their path.
		Writes Paul Fregosi, “Tough soldiers beat their heads with clenched fists in helpless rage and anguish, sobbing at the torment of the Venetian and the cruelty of the Turks.” The brothers of this unfortunate nobleman were commanders of two of the Venetian galleasses, and we may assume their fury was particularly pitiless.
	pub36.bravenet.com /forum/3014139213/fetch/680003 (2430 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Isle Of Wight Shipwrecks: The Spanish Armada
		It consisted of 128 ships, of which only the 20 galleons and four galleasses (large galleys) were dedicated warships.
		To take advantage of this, Hawkins and his squadron were towed by their boats to attack the two ships.
		Sidonia and the other galleass advanced to assist, and the six damaged Spanish ships returned to the centre of the Armada for repair.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A894170 (1195 words)

	- Chapter 89
		Erik and Manfred stood in one of the bastions of the northernmost of the Polestine forts, watching the Venetian cannons finish pounding the last of the Milanese galleasses into rubble.
		It seemed a somewhat pointless exercise, since the galleass had ceased being a water-capable means of transport quite some time ago.
		Their galleasses destroyed and the assault on the forts having been driven off with heavy losses, Sforza had led the Visconti forces into a retreat along the river.
	www.webscription.net /10.1125/baen/0743435230/0743435230__89.htm (2173 words)

	Naval Officers Club Barcelona Maritime Museum
		A heavily decorated "sacred broadsword", awarded by Pope Pius V to John of Austria after his victory, may be seen in the
		The Holy League fleet had about 300 galleys together with six larger, slower and more heavily armed galleasses, while the Turkish fleet had about the same number of galleys.
		The Galeria Real carried a large cannon forward and four smaller weapons aft but it was the galleasses and their heavy guns that chiefly led to the defeat of the Turkish fleet.
	www.navalofficer.com.au /barca.htm (985 words)

	Don John of Austria
		A league between Spain and Venice was effected by the efforts of Pope Pius V to resist the Turkish advance to the west, and Don John was named admiral in chief of the combined fleets.
		At the head of 208 galleys, 6 galleasses and a number of smaller craft, Don John encountered the Turkish fleet at Lepanto on the 7th of October 1571, and gained a complete victory.
		Only forty Turkish vessels effected their escape, and it was computed that 35,000 of their men were slain or captured while 15,000 Christian galley slaves were released.
	www.nndb.com /people/856/000101553 (733 words)

	Capture of the Great Galleass, 1588 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		At the break of day [29 July], my Lord and all the fleet setting sail after our enemies, we espied riding within shot of the town of Calais the greatest of the King's galleasses, the rest of the Spanish fleet being two leagues to leeward of her.
		My Lord Admiral began to go toward the galleass with his ship, the Ark, but finding the water to be shallow, other ships of less draught bare in with her and shot at her; whereupon she let slip and run the galleass aground hard before the town.
		My Lord Admiral, seeing he could not approach the galleass with his ship, sent off his long boat unto her with 50 or 60 men, amongst whom were many gentlemen as valiant in courage as gentle in birth, as they well showed.
	www.hillsdale.edu /Personal/Stewart/war/Navy2/Armada/1588-Galleass.htm (374 words)

	The Invincible Armada
		Galleys aside, the only purpose-built warships available were three Portuguese galleons, survivors of those seized in 1580, and four Neapolitan galleasses.
		The wind dropped for a time, enabling the galleasses to bring their powerful guns briefly to bear, threatening to close and board.
		By day’s end, the flag galleass was destroyed and the Armada driven so far to windward that any hope of rendezvous with Parma was gone.
	www.angelfire.com /ga4/guilmartin.com/Armada.html (2390 words)

	Galleasses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The word "galleasses" uses 10 letters: A A E E G L L S S S.
		Words within galleasses not shown as it has more than seven letters.
		List all words starting with galleasses, words containing galleasses or words ending with galleasses
	www.morewords.com /word/galleasses (197 words)

	Dixie Internet.Com - Your Southern Source For Southern News!
		In the Venetian fleet were six "galleasses." Heavier, broader, and much slower than conventional galleys, they were nonetheless technologically advanced - the heavy gun platforms and battleships of their day.
		All total, over 50,000 men served the fleet as rowers, and another 30,000 were fighting soldiers.
		Ali Pasha's fleet approached in a giant crescent formation, and seeing the opposing fleet, he also ordered his fleet split into three divisions.
	www.dixieinternet.com /page229.shtml (2034 words)

	Maritime Topics On Stamps. The Armada
		Four galleys (stamp at left) and six galleasses.
		Their minimal drafts made them well-suited for shallow waters but unable to fight in stormy seas.
		The galleasses like the galleons were armed with up to 50 guns each.
	www.shipsonstamps.org /Topics/html/armada.htm (1497 words)

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