The first task, which was to solve fleet of Ioannits in Malta when they left the island of Rhodes , became the protection of sea communications between the base of the Maltese and the northern coast Afriki. King of Span Charles V, providing Hospitallers residence in Malta , at the same time instructed them and the advancing defense Tripoli Turks. From 1530 to 1551 loannites successfully completed this task , for which they had to restrain all attempts to seize control of the corsairs barbary on sea routes connecting Malta to North Africa . Even after the loss of Tripoli in 1551 the Maltese fleet continued to patrol the waters magribin Africa , not allowing ships to operate freely Muslim pirates. Basic combat unit became galley fleet of Ioannits that all written records of the time called " galley Religions », «galères de la Religion». Flagship galley , which held a flag General galleys called 'Capitana'. This type is large galleys had 28 to 30 oars on each side and five rowers on each oar . For motion under sail had two , sometimes three masts with Latin weapons. Their distinctive feature was the availability of a large aft superstructure (carosse) and painted in red. Main dimensions galleys 'Capitana': length between perpendiculars 184 ft ( 56.08 m) maximum width for plating 24 5/6 ft ( 7.56 m ) draft 8 ½ feet ( 2.6 m) . Artillery weapons - one 36 -pound , two -eight - six-pound cannons and two on the nose, 18 and 18 kulevrinakh muskets on the sides . Approximately two thirds of all the galleys of the Order of Malta built on foreign shipyards Mediterranean : Marseilles , Naples, Barselone.Ne contributed to the development of building galleys in place and deficit building materials. Only canvas produced in Malta , everything else , including paddles, dowels , hemp , paint, had to be imported . Time efficient use of galleys while the average was six to eight years. One more feature worth mentioning galleys : they were used only in the group , single use galleys was ineffective . Due to the mutual influence of technology built galleys in different countries differ in their construction were negligible , except maybe the external decoration. Galleys Order of Malta were almost the same as the galley , built in Venice, Marseille or Istanbul. Especially because often Malta ordered the construction of their galleys on other European shipyards stran.Poetomu about 170 galleys for the Order of Malta was booked in foreign shipyards (Messina (about a third of all orders ), Marseille ( slightly less ), Naples , Barcelona , Genoa , Palermo , Civitavecchia and some others). Another object of the Order of Malta fleet was providing function created from time to time coalition naval forces of Christian powers of the Mediterranean, designed to repel the Turkish fleet . Sometimes, as it was at Lepanto in 1571 , the task of providing these turned into combat . Ioannit’s contribution in naval forces of the Holy League was small - only three galleys (S. Maria della Vittoria, S. Giovanni and S. Pietro) of approximately 211. But they played a significant role in this battle , taking up a position on the extreme right of the central squadron alliance. When the left flank of the Turkish squadron broke into a mess , formed as a result of careless behavior of the Andrea Doria , the Maltese Knights steadfastly maintained their position that allowed the Christian galleys eliminate mess and prevent output Turkish ships at the flank of the squadron . During this battle, the Hospitallers on time even lost its flagship galley captured by the Turks , but follow the Christian fleet flagship and capture the Turks reduced this temporary victory of the enemy to zero. However, the main objective of the Maltese fleet , especially after the Battle of Lepanto , was actually piracy, though , and performs under the flag of the crusading Knights of Malta provided movement.Korsary justify to the Christian world right to exist even after the threat of the Ottoman aggression was eliminated. Certainly considerable importance was the revenue coming from pirate fishing . The maximum profit is, of course , brought for sale captured ships and converted into slaves members of their crews.
Portugal 2013;1,95e;SG? Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta 1968;6g;1t; SG? Bulgaria 1980;35s;SG? Sierra Leone1996;300le;SG2631. Republic Сongo2005;750f;SG?
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