The romance of the ship; the story of her origin and evolution (1911)
Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944 · Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company; London, Seeley and co., limited · leaf 100
edit was found that neither of these types was perfect;there was something lacking in both, and each had thedefects of its virtues. For instance, the galley was easyto manoeuvre as she had always been, and for that reasonwas a very useful unit in war. At the same time she wasof low freeboard, not… … THE SHIP DURING TUDOR TIMES round her. Her very ponderousness became a positivehindrance to her fighting qualities. Therefore Europeanshipmen were driven to realise that what was wanted wassuch a vessel as would to some extent include the virtuesof both of these separate types, with as many of…
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