galleass
Example Sentences
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As the fight went on the Spaniards worked slowly towards the north-east edging off the land, for their deep draught and the fate of Moncada's galleass made them anxious about the Flanders shoals.
From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by Hale, John Richard
A huge galleass had her rudder broken and drifted helplessly with the tide.
From In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls by De Land, Clyde Osmer
The galleass was shattered to matchwood, and Leyva perished with all on board save five who swam ashore.
From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by Hale, John Richard
But like most, if not all, compromise types, the galleass was short-lived.
From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver
The Capitana galleass, with Don Hugo de Monçada and eight hundred men on board, had fouled her helm in a cable in getting under way and had become unmanageable.
From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by Froude, James Anthony
