The stamp depicts a Venetian galleas (Galeazza Veneta). These ships combined features of both sail-and-oar galleys and purely sailing vessels, possessing impressive firepower for their time. A galleas is a type of sail-and-oar warship. The name means "large galley." The first mentions of t...

The San Giorgio, a third rate which was launched on 12 June 1719, had a length of 43 metres with a beam of 12 metres and a hold of 5½ metres. The normal tonnagefor such a warship registered a 900 tons burthen which was equivalent to 9,000 cantara. When the San Giorgio was launched it carried a [p.10...

The final third-rate ship built for the Order was the San Giovanni. Designed by the Last Morin and designed to carry 64 guns, she was launched in early 1798. Grand Master Hompesch attended the launching ceremony, along with all the other magnates of the Order. The San Giovanni was expected to be the...

The Order of Malta had a small but well-organized fleet, including a considerable number of galleys. Beginning in the mid-16th century, its commanders were primarily French, but the rank-and-file officers came from all over Europe. The Maltese galleys were constantly engaged in cruising duty (carava...

The Order of the Hospitallers likely originated as a group associated with the Amalfi Hospital in the Muristan district of Jerusalem, which was dedicated to St. John the Baptist and founded around 1023 by Blessed Gerard Thomas to provide care for poor, sick, and wounded pilgrims to the Holy Land. Fo...

Ship type. Wooden cargo ship of the Zeeland and South Holland rivers, which is related to the Tjalk and the Otter.

A «Hengst» is a type of traditional Dutch fishing vessel for use in the large Dutch and Belgian estuaria. They were working ships, able to operate in shallow waters and easily dragged onto and from sandbanks.They were sailing ships although smaller versions –not universally considered to be hengsten...

Damloper is a collective name for various 16th- and 17th-century ship types. They had to be suitable for use on a sloop . Therefore, the ships had to have a fairly wide bottom that, viewed athwartships, was completely or almost flat. Their size ranged from very small (3 m) to small vessels of betwee...

A water ship is a historical type of ship of the Zuiderzee with a bun or kaar (a type of ship used for keeping fish alive), rigged with a spritsail and a jib, used to transport fish from fishermen at sea to shore and also as a tugboat to tow larger ships over shallows. Other ships with this name wer...

«Gaffelship»: General name for ships with a gaff rig, a type that originally carried a spritsail, such as the Schuit and the Kaag. See also «gaffelaar». «Gaffelaar»: wooden cargo ship with a standing keel: approximately 60-100 tons. А specific type of seagoing fishing vessel from the Overmaas, Midde...

The history of inland navigation in the Low Countries near the sea is as old as that of the countries themselves. Transport over longer distances was economically impossible by raft or barge. In the Netherlands and Belgium, too, the rivers were made more suitable for towage, and numerous canals were...

1. The frozen port of Saint-Pierre. 2. Crossing the water area on ice. 3. Pointe aux Canons Lighthouse 4. Fishing boats in the ice; Saint-Pierre and Miquelon: While a famous 2009 stamp titled "St. Pierre Port blocked by Ice" commemorates such an event, the port typically remains operationa...

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is a French possession occupying a low-lying archipelago of eight islands (the largest being Saint-Pierre, Miquelon, and Langlade) off the eastern coast of North America, south of Newfoundland. The islands were discovered in 1520 by Portuguese explorers. In 1604, the archip...

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is a French possession occupying a low-lying archipelago of eight islands (the largest being Saint-Pierre, Miquelon, and Langlade) off the eastern coast of North America, south of Newfoundland. The islands were discovered in 1520 by Portuguese explorers. In 1604, the archip...

The latest issue from Jersey Post tells the story of the History of Shipbuilding on Jersey and was released on 15th August. I am quite interested in ships and shipbuilding, and know about some of the large British shipyards in places like Glasgow, Sunderland, Liverpool, Barrow-in-Furness, Bristol an...