galleass

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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

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 Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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

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

The third, the great galleass "Florencia," went down in Tobermory Bay.

From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by Hale, John Richard