Galeas

The galeas is a small type of trade ship, which was common in the Baltic Sea and North Sea during the 17th to the early 19th centuries. The characteristics of the ships depend somewhat from where the ship originated. Swedish (and Finnish) versions had two masts and were rigged as ketchs during the 18th century. Later on there were larger versions, which could be equipped with three masts and be rigged as ships. The galeas was developed from the Dutch galliot, which was rigged in a similar way, but was equipped with a rounded stern. The Swedish galliot was sometimes called "Dutch hoy" or "English dogger. The galeas has a galliot's rig, but a square stern.

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* [http://axelnelson.com/skepp/slup2.htm Skonare (skonert), brigantin, brigg]
* [http://runeberg.org/nfae/0400.html Nordisk familjebok]