Galley - Wikipedia
WEBA galley was a type of ship which relied mostly on oars for propulsion that was used for warfare, trade, and piracy mostly in the seas surrounding Europe. It developed in the Mediterranean world during antiquity and continued to …
Galley | Ship, History, Features & Uses | Britannica
WEBGalley, large seagoing vessel propelled primarily by oars. The Egyptians, Cretans, and other ancient peoples used sail-equipped galleys for both war and commerce. The Phoenicians were apparently the first to introduce the bireme (about 700 bc), which had two banks of oars staggered on either side.
Medieval ships - Wikipedia
WEBItalian city-states like Venice constructed ships like the galley. By the thirteenth century there were galleys that could carry up to 500 metric tons (490 long tons; 550 short tons) of cargo and was about 40 metres (130 ft) long.
Birlinn - Wikipedia
WEBThe birlinn (Scottish Gaelic: bìrlinn) or West Highland galley was a wooden vessel propelled by sail and oar, used extensively in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland from the Middle Ages on. Variants of the name in English and Lowland Scots include "berlin" and "birling".
The History of the Galley - Weapons and Warfare
WEBJun 21, 2020 · Medieval variations on the classical galley were many. The dromon, developed by the Byzantines, was a large galley that utilized one or two tiers of oars, a square sail set on a single mast, and a stern-hung rudder.
Galleys - Encyclopedia.com
WEBGalleys, oared seagoing vessels, had been warships since ancient times but became important in Mediterranean warfare between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries.
They Dominated The Seas For Centuries - WAR HISTORY ONLINE
WEBJul 4, 2017 · Galleys were the quintessential oared warships. Long, slim, and usually with multiple banks of oars, they relied on manpower rather than sail power to navigate the seas. They often also had sails, but these did not drive them when in battle. Oarsmen made galleys flexible ships to use in close engagements before the rise of gunpowder.
1295: The Year of the Galleys - Medievalists.net
WEBJul 28, 2014 · The vessels are known to historians as the ‘1295 galleys’, from the year in which most of the building work took place. The accounts for their construction are the earliest-known detailed English shipbuilding records, and have been studied since at …
Renaissance galleys - Military History Matters
WEBMar 18, 2016 · The galleys were the most effective vessel in Mediterranean naval warfare during the 16 th century. This was the Indian summer of an ancient warship that gave primacy to oars over sails and, in a Renaissance context, a level cannon-bearing platform over a rounded keel – thus, in effect, turning sea battles into land battles.
Venice at Sea: How Medieval Venetian Seapower Grew to Shape …
WEBDec 25, 2018 · As this paper will soon reveal, the galleass would prove highly effective in the battle of Lepanto. Just like Venice’s transformation of handheld gunpowder weapons, its transformation of warships, defining new limits, would …