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Venetian Galeassa

Post by Anatol » Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:21 pm

The galeassa is a type of war galley , built in Venice in the fifteenth century and used primarily in the Mediterranean Sea since the sixteenth century. It differed from the common thin helmet for the larger size , the large number of guns and the ability - unique among the galleys - to make the shot side .
These ships , used for the first time by the Venetians of Sebastiano Venier in the Battle of Lepanto, represented the transition between the galley and the galleon .
The galeassa was usually equipped with 3 masts and square sails (the largest had 4 trees), forecastle, poop deck (This model had already been developed in the carrack galleon and later in the Mediterranean ) and two bridges. It could take from 32 to 46 banks of oarsmen ( rowing scalaccio ). They had between 100-250 soldiers and up to 70 additional sailors. A length of about 50 m and 8 m wide. The galeassa was developed on the basis of large merchant galleys, giving them a gunship Castle semicircular bow with up to 9 heavy guns covering a wide angle. Also had a high rail where you could install more parts and even had pieces of artillery in the stern , they could be around 35-50 cañones.Since galleys were converted for military use must be tended high and wide (rather than read ) rode a large number of guns , which were placed for the most part along the sides scattered here and there among the oars and in the forecastle .The model of galeassa was developed by the Republic of Venice, which was then able to get ships that could compete with the ordinary galleys . We were built relatively few , but they were nonetheless very important . Their first appearance was in the battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571 during which they were deployed six Venetian galleаss as a vanguard under the command of Francis Duodo administrator . Their firepower and being high on board were instrumental in bringing victory to the Christian fleet . The galleys were also appreciated by the great Venetian admiral Francesco Morosini , so much so that one of these boats he was chosen as the flagship of the fleet . The shallow waters , the rugged coastline , mild climate and weakly variable winds in the Mediterranean allowed the galleys and galleass to survive until the early eighteenth century.
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