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Colourised engraving of a French galley (27 pairs of oars) built according to the design that was standard in the Mediterranean from the early 17th century; Henri Sbonski de Passebon, 1690. A galley is a type of ship optimised for propulsion by oars. Galleys were historically used for warfare, trade, and piracy mostly in the seas surrounding ...
Galley of the Austrian passenger ship SS Africa in the Mediterranean Sea about 1905 The galley is the compartment of a ship , train , or aircraft where food is cooked and prepared. [ 1 ] It can also refer to a land-based kitchen on a naval base, or, from a kitchen design point of view, to a straight design of the kitchen layout.
Adventure Galley, also known as Adventure, was an English merchant ship captained by Scottish sea captain William Kidd. She was a type of hybrid ship that combined square rigged sails with oars to give her manoeuvrability in both windy and calm conditions.
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Galley proofs or galleys are so named because in the days of hand-set letterpress printing in the 1650s, the printer would set the page into "galleys", metal trays into which type was laid and tightened into place. [5]
Galley (kitchen), the kitchen of a rail passenger car, ship or an airplane; Galley (surname) Galley (heraldry) or lymphad, a charge; Galley division, a mathematical technique; Galley Museum, a museum in Tasmania; Galley proof, a preliminary version of a publication
The galley was 60 metres (200 ft) long and 6.2 metres (20 ft) wide, [1] had two masts and weighed 237 tons empty. It was equipped with three heavy and six light artillery pieces, was propelled by a total of 290 rowers, and, in addition, carried some 400 sailors and soldiers at Lepanto. 50 men were posted on the upper deck of the forecastle, 50 ...
Swensons' signature hamburger is the Galley Boy, a double cheeseburger prepared using two sauces, [1] [2] and the restaurant also purveys 18 different milkshakes. [1]