galleass

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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

None, madam, 'twas all whipped out o' me aboard the 'Esmeralda' galleass.

From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Farnol, Jeffery

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

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

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

But like most, if not all, compromise types, the galleass was short-lived.

From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver