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  2. Oared vessel tactics - Wikipedia

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    Later medieval navies continued to use similar tactics, with the line abreast (i.e. side by side) formation as standard. As galleys were intended to fight from the bows, and were at their weakest along the sides, especially in the middle. The crescent formation employed by the Byzantines continued to be used throughout the Middle Ages.

  3. Battle of Lepanto order of battle - Wikipedia

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    This is the order of battle during the Battle of Lepanto on 7 October 1571 in which the Holy League deployed 6 galleasses and 206 galleys, while the Ottoman forces numbered 216 galleys and 56 galliots.

  4. Galley - Wikipedia

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    Medieval galleys instead developed a projection, or "spur", in the bow that was designed to break oars and act as a boarding platform for taking enemy ships. The only remaining examples of ramming tactics were occasional attempts to collide with enemy ships in order to destabilize or capsize them. [165]

  5. Medieval ships - Wikipedia

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    Medieval ships were the vessels used in Europe during the Middle Ages. Like ships from antiquity , they were moved by sails , oars , or a combination of the two. There was a large variety, mostly based on much older, conservative designs.

  6. Battle of Trapani - Wikipedia

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    Borbonino's order was carried out during the night, and when, next day, the Venetian fleet arrived at Trapani, they found the Genoese galleys bound and chained together. Taking this as a sign of poor morale among their opponents, and despite the contrary wind, the Venetians eagerly advanced upon the Genoese, raising loud shouts to further ...

  7. List of naval battles - Wikipedia

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    No ship is lost and only suffers minimal damage, first engagement between capital ships of the war. 9 April Battle of Horten Harbour - German cruiser Emden and destroyers assault Norwegian naval base in Horten. Norwegian minesweepers attempt to defend the base, but fail.

  8. Sailing ship tactics - Wikipedia

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    By the time the line of battle was firmly established as the standard tactical formation during the 1660s, merchant ships and lightly-armed warships became less able to sustain their place in a pitched battle. In the line of battle, each ship had to stand and fight the opposing ship in the enemy line, however powerful she might be.

  9. Irish galley - Wikipedia

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    Galleys were hardly used in the Elizabethan navy, [7] and it is not likely, therefore, that the galleys shown are of English provenance. It has been argued that for trading voyages, including those to the Iberian peninsula, the Irish would have used sturdy vessels of the caravel type, a view which finds support in the galleys shown. [8]