Genoese Galley
1571
(Johann Wolkersdorfer JW 41G)
- Class: Galley
- Displacement:
- Dimensions: 155 x 26 ft.
- Armament:
- Complement: 270
- Service: This is a prototypical Genoese galley. Essentially mass-produced, there was little investment in decoration. At the Battle of Lepanto, 7 October 1571, there were some 27 Genoese galleys, the bulk of them in the Right Wing of the Fleet of the Holy League, which was led by the Genoese Gian Andrea Doria (great-nephew of the famous Andrea Doria).
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