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The Venetian navy (Venetian: Armada) was the navy of the Venetian Republic which played an important role in the history of the republic and the Mediterranean world. It was the premier navy in the Mediterranean Sea for many centuries between the medieval and early modern periods, providing Venice with control and influence over trade and ...
The list of ship launches in 1739 includes a chronological list of some ships ... Galley: For Venetian Navy. [11] Unknown date Cuba: Havana: Glorioso: Third rate: For ...
This is a list of sailing ships of the Venetian navy. From the Cretan War to the fall of the Republic of Venice in 1797, the Venetian Republic maintained a good number of sailing ships for its navy , which formed the so-called Armada Grossa , as opposed to the galley -based Armada Sottile .
Galley: For Venetian Navy. [20] Unknown date Republic of Venice: Galera Donà: Galley: For Venetian Navy. [21] Unknown date Republic of Venice: Galera Gritti: Galley: For Venetian Navy. [22] Unknown date Republic of Venice: Galera Soranzo: Galley: For Venetian Navy. [23] Unknown date Russia: Tavrov: Gektor: Galley: For Don Military Flotilla ...
Map of the route taken between Rovereto and Torbole. Galeas per montes (galleys across mountains) is the name given to a feat of military engineering made between December 1438 and April 1439 by the Republic of Venice, when several Venetian ships, including galleys and frigates were transported from the Adriatic Sea to Lake Garda.
Venetian "Madonna della Vigna" (first on the left) in battle against Ottoman ships in 1649. This is a list of Italian carracks, galleons and ships of the line of the period 1400-1858: Italy was formed in 1861 with the union of several states, including the Two Sicilies (with Naples), and Piedmont-Sardinia, including Genoa, some Papal states and ...
A sopracomito (plural sopracomiti) was the captain of a galley in the Venetian navy. [a] Elected from among those among the Venetian patriciate who already had some naval experience, the sopracomito was an important position and stepping-stone in the naval cursus honorum of the Republic of Venice. It entailed considerable responsibilities for ...
Stone Lion of Saint Mark above the main gate at the Arsenal Entrance to the Arsenal ca. 1860–70. Photo by Venetian photographer Carlo Ponti. Venetian Arsenal towers. The Venetian Arsenal (Italian: Arsenale di Venezia) is a complex of former shipyards and armories clustered together in the city of Venice in northern Italy.