Galleass
MILITARY SHIP COMMONLY USED IN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES BY EUROPEAN AND MEDITERRANEAN NAVIES
Galeass; Galleasses; Galleas; Galeazza; Galleazza
Galleasses were military ships developed from large merchant galleys, and intended to combine galley speed with the sea-worthiness and artillery of a galleon. While perhaps never quite matching up to their full expectations, galleasses nevertheless remained significant elements in the early modern naval armoury for some considerable time.