galleass
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The galleass was the most splendid vessel of her kind afloat, Don Hugo one of the greatest of Spanish grandees.
From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by Froude, James Anthony
I was rising seventeen, as I said, and gunner's mate aboard the Anne Gallant, a noble galleass.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert
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 Froude, James Anthony
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
The galleass struck a rock off Dunluce and went to pieces, and Don Alonzo and the princely youths who had sailed with him were washed ashore all dead, to find an unmarked grave in Antrim.
From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by Froude, James Anthony
