Galleasses at Lepanto
In the short periods of time not painting a troupe of Harlequins for a noisy nephew , I have been reading up about the great naval battle at Lepanto. I gather that the two Venetian galleasses covering...
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I'll dig out my book on Lepanto and have a look for you. The two on the right wing didn't make it into position on time because of tides and currents and the initial enthusiasm of the Ottoman attack,...
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The Galleasses show the problem of operating two very different kind of ships together. In a fleet mostly of Galleys it would be very hard to get the Galleasses in the right position at the right time...
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HMS Troutbridge wrote: Ambrogio & Antonio Bragadino. I gather they had an even greater hatred of the Ottoman fleet than your average member of the Christian fleet. Probably because of their...
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