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 John Richard Hale
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 John Richard Hale
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
None, madam, 'twas all whipped out o' me aboard the 'Esmeralda' galleass.
From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Jeffery Farnol
His uncertainties were ended for him by seeing Drake bearing down upon him with the whole English fleet, save those which were loitering about the galleass.
From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by James Anthony Froude
