galleass
Example Sentences
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The third, the great galleass "Florencia," went down in Tobermory Bay.
From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by John Richard Hale
Already before the fog lifted a fast galleass had brought the news down Channel that the Spanish were on the sea, and the King's fleet was under way.
From Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Alonzo de Leyva, with half a hundred young Spanish nobles of high rank who were under his special charge, made his way in a galleass into Killibeg.
From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by James Anthony Froude
Compared to the low, crowded galley, the galleass was a roomy and much more seaworthy ship.
From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by John Richard Hale
The galleass was patched up, and De Leyva ventured an attempt to make his way in her to Scotland.
From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by James Anthony Froude
