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The word galley has been attested in English from about 1300. [1] Variants of the same term were established in many other European languages from around 1500 both as a general term for oared warships or more specifically for the Mediterranean-style vessel.
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.
Province Galley was replaced in 1705 by a ship of the same name that was launched on April 2 of that year; being much larger in design, she mounted twenty-four guns and had a seventy-four foot keel. Southack continued to command Province Galley, including during the unsuccessful siege of Port Royal in 1707. She ceased active service in 1717.
AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...
This glossary defines the various types of ships and accessory watercraft that have been used in service of the United States. Such service is mainly defined as military vessels used in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, as well as the defunct, incorporated, or renamed institutions such as the United States Revenue Cutter Service.
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Historically, a galiot was a type of ship with oars, also known as a half-galley, then, from the 17th century forward, a ship with sails and oars. As used by the Barbary pirates against the Republic of Venice, a galiot had two masts and about 16 pairs of oars.
birlinn or Highland galley, a ship of medieval Scotland; A larger type of Gig (boat), a ship's boat; galley slave, a slave rowing in a galley; Galley (kitchen), the kitchen of a ship or boat (also airplane or rail passenger car)