Galeas

For the knight of the Round Table, see Galahad.

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Ketch rigged galeas

The galeas is a small type of trade ship, which was common in the Baltic Sea and North Sea from the 17th to the early 20th 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, sometimes as schooners. 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.

Sources

• Skonare (skonert), brigantin, brigg
• Nordisk familjebok