Galley
Galeote (also Galiote , Galliote or Italian Galiota) is a name for a smaller galley . Galeoten had about sixteen to twenty straps on each side, each but was moved by only one or two rowers. The Galiote was mostly smaller than the Fusta , which always had two men per oar and always had a sail, but Fusta and Galiote are often used synonymously in marine literature and maritime historiography.
Later, the Galeote was also used to describe medium-sized vehicles that could sail very quickly and were therefore used in naval warfare. The rowers were both soldiers and armed with a musket . These vehicles were also often equipped with guns .
Bombardiergaleote was a Galeote, when it was used for bombardment of Seeplätzen.
The Galeoten of the 19th century, also Schonergaleoten called, were vehicles with schooner rigging , a bulbous, round stern and had a slightly sharper built ship shape than the Kuffs . They were mainly used in the North Sea . As a pilot vehicle on the Elbe , it was called Lotsengalliot .
Individual proof
- ↑ Marianne Strzytsch, Joachim White: The Brockhaus in fifteen volumes Band Five Fre-Gt. Brockhaus GmbH, Leipzig-Mannheim 1998, ISBN 3 7653 2851 0 , p. 91