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Gunboat
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A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying
A Bramble-class gunboat, built for the Royal Navy in 1886
A Bramble-class gunboat, built for the Royal Navy in 1886
A model of a type of decked "gun yawl" designed by Fredrik Henrik af Chapman and used by the Swedish archipelago fleet
A model of a type of decked "gun yawl" designed by Fredrik Henrik af Chapman and used by the Swedish archipelago fleet
The screw gunboat USS Alliance, circa 1880
The screw gunboat USS Alliance, circa 1880
Insect-class HMS Ladybird (with larger-calibre guns installed in 1939)
Insect-class HMS Ladybird (with larger-calibre guns installed in 1939)
Galley
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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 Europe. It developed in the Mediterranean worl
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…Russo-Swedish war of 1788–1790, a conflict that culminated in the massive Battle of Svensksund in 1790, in which over 30,000 men and hundreds of gunboats, galleys and other oared craft took part. The majority of these were vessels developed from the 1770s and onwards by the naval architect Fredrik Henrik af Chapman…
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 ce
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
United States ships at the Battle of Valcour Island depicting several "row galleys" similar in function but based on very different designs from Medit
United States ships at the Battle of Valcour Island depicting several "row galleys" similar in function but based on very different designs from Mediterranean galleys; watercolor by Charles Randle
Drawing of warships (pointed bows) and trade ships (rounded bows); based on a wall relief from the Southwest Palace at Nineveh, circa 700 BC.
Drawing of warships (pointed bows) and trade ships (rounded bows); based on a wall relief from the Southwest Palace at Nineveh, circa 700 BC.
The prow of a galley on a coin of the Roman Republic of the 3rd century BC
The prow of a galley on a coin of the Roman Republic of the 3rd century BC