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A large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.
Examples of galleons in a Sentence
Encouragement of industry was not wanting; the state undertook to develop the herds of merino sheep, by issuing prohibitions against inclosures, which proved the ruin of agriculture, and gave premiums for large merchant ships, which ruined the owners of small vessels and reduced the merchant navy of Spain to a handful of galleons.
Local vessels took part and captured galleons were towed across the bay to Weymouth.
While the frigates attacked the galleons, Blake's heavier warships sailed into the harbor to bombard the shore defenses.
From Spanish galleons to modern warships, from local fishing boats to luxury cruisers - all can be found at easy diving depths.
Pillars inserted to avoid calamity are said to have come from the timbers of Spanish Galleons sunk in the Armada.
By the time Queen Elizabeth came to power, the great galleons had come into fashion.
In front of them were two huge galleons with full rigging resplendent in the September sunshine.
Early in the Seventeenth Century, larger galleons were built with heavier armaments.
Spanish Armada - A fleet of war galleons sent in 1588 by Philip II of Spain to capture the English thrown.
Although his captains wanted to search for the Spanish galleons immediately, Blake waited until victualling ships from England arrived to re-provision his ships.
In mid July French armed galleons approached St Andrews, and the castle surrendered as soon as artillery was brought to bear on it.
In the old city also are the Plaza Vieja, dating from the middle of the 16th century (with the modern Mercado de Cristina, of 1837 - destroyed 1908), the old stronghold La Fuerza, erected by Hernando de Soto in 1538, once the treasury of the flotas and galleons, and residence of the governors, with its old watch-tower (La Vigia); and the Plaza de Armas, with the palace, the Senate building, a statue of Fernando VII.
Because of these explorations, and also the long-felt need of a refitting point on the California coast for the galleons from Manila, San Diego was occupied in 1769 and Monterey in 1770 as a result of urgent orders from Charles III.
After considerable difficulties with the Chinese, he sailed again with his one remaining vessel to cruise for one of the richly laden galleons which conducted the trade between Mexico and the Philippines.
The Spanish ships were outnumbered chiefly because the convoy had become scattered by bad management and bad seamanship. The more valuable part of it, consisting of the four galleons, and eleven trading ships in which the king's share of the treasure was being carried, became separated from the rest, and on being chased by the superior force of Heyn endeavoured to take refuge at Matanzas in the island of Cuba, hoping to be able to land the bullion in the bush before the Dutchman could come up with them.
His memory has been preserved by his capture of the Treasure Galleons, which had never been taken so far, but he is also the traditional representative of the Dutch "sea dogs" of the 17th century.