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A Spanish galleon (left) firing its cannons at a Dutch warship (right). Cornelis Verbeeck, c. 1618–1620 A Spanish galleon Carracks, galleon (center/right), square rigged caravel (below), galley and fusta (galliot) depicted by D. João de Castro on the "Suez Expedition" (part of the Portuguese Armada of 72 ships sent against the Ottoman fleet anchor in Suez, Egypt, in response to its entry in ...
San Diego (ship) San Esteban (1554 shipwreck) San Miguel (1551 shipwreck) Santa Anna (1522 ship) Santa Catarina do Monte Sinai; Santa Maria de Visón (de Biscione) São Bento (carrack) São João Baptista (galleon) São Martinho (1580) Speedwell (1577 ship) English ship Squirrel (1570s) English ship Swiftsure (1573)
Galleon: A heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 16th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish. They were the fastest ships built during the 16th century. Galleons were large, multi-decked sailing ships first used as armed cargo carriers. The full body of the fleet took two days to leave port.
This list of ship launches in the 16th century includes a chronological list of some ships launched from 1500 to 1599. Date of Launch Country ... Sailing ship Part of ...
A fluyt (archaic Dutch: fluijt "flute"; Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ) [1] is a Dutch type of sailing vessel originally designed by the shipwrights of Hoorn as a dedicated cargo vessel. [2] Originating in the Dutch Republic in the 16th century, the vessel was designed to facilitate transoceanic delivery with the maximum of space and crew efficiency ...
This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, all date to between 500 AD and 1918; earlier ships are covered in the list of surviving ancient ships.
A sailing ship with mixed Chinese (rig) and western design (hull) that used since 16th century in far east. Landing Ship, Tank Military ship for landing troops and vehicles Liberty ship A type of welded American merchant ship of the late Second World War period, designed for rapid construction in large quantity Liner or ocean liner
Note that surviving 68-gun ships were re-rated as 70 guns in 1770 and as 74-gun ships in October 1793. This era commenced with the recruitment of British leading shipwrights who became the principal builders at the Naval Dockyards. Experimental group. Fernando (Santa Bárbara) 64 (launched 8 September 1751 at Ferrol) - Wrecked 3 January 1769