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Galley. Colourised engraving of a French galley (27 pairs of oars) built according to the design that was standard in the Mediterranean from the early 17th century; Henri Sbonski de Passebon, 1690. A galley is a type of ship optimised for propulsion by oars. Galleys were historically used for warfare, trade, and piracy mostly in the seas ...
Galley, 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.
21 Ιουν 2020 · The standard Byzantine warship that employed both sails and oars. A typical 10th-century dromon had two banks of oars employing 200 rowers, in addition to a battering ram on the prow, and enough heavily armored marines to board an enemy ship if necessary.
Hellenistic-era warships. The famous 2nd century BC Nike of Samothrace, standing atop the prow of an oared warship, most probably a trihemiolia. From the 4th century BC on, new types of oared warships appeared in the Mediterranean Sea, superseding the trireme and transforming naval warfare. Ships became increasingly large and heavy, including ...
The Mycenaean era galleys leave us with only the icon depictions or a few clay models. They, plus the later evolution into Greek and Roman galleys, give us the image of a keel-based ship with a vertical built stem and stern.
The Battle of Lepanto. Oared vessel tactics were the dominant form of naval tactics used from antiquity to the late 16th century when sailing ships began to replace galleys and other types of oared ships as the principal form of warships. Throughout antiquity, through the Middle Ages until the 16th century, the weapons relied on were the ship ...
The galley (from medieval Greek γαλέα [galéa]) was a type of ship widely used by multiple human groups from antiquity to the end of the sailing age. The origin of the term is obscure, perhaps related to galeos, "galeus". a ship propelled by the power of the oars, and sometimes by the wind; that is why it had one or more large sails. Features
