11-10-2009, 10:24 AM
Quote:Interesting. I guess the shorter distances involved between those countries still made the galley a viable weapon. Thanks for the information.
In the northern countries the galleys were usually used for patrolling rivers and lakes. During the Dutch revolution (1568-1648) the Spanish and Dutch naval forces clashed several times on lakes with galleys. When the Dutch started their naval building of man-of-wars the Spanish galleys quickly vanished from the Dutch frontier.
Even during the US revolution galleys were used.
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Jeroen Pelgrom
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