galleass

Example Sentences

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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 English attacked the stranded galleass in pinnaces and boats, Howard with some of the larger ships standing by "to give the men comfort and countenance."

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

Day after day we watched for Spanish sails; for the plate fleets went that way, and some galleass or caravel or galleon might stray aside.

From To Have and to Hold by Johnston, Mary

He took the galleass at last, after three hours' fighting.

From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by Froude, James Anthony