By the end of 1204 he had around 50 large galleys available; another 54 vessels were built between 1209 and 1212.

They had not gone far when they came upon the wreck of a large galley partly embedded in the sand.

By 1429, John was able to charter a large galley and its crew.

A "sixteen" is one of the large galleys most frequently mentioned.

Two prisoners went to each side of the large galley and picked up two oars.

He had them taken aboard the larger galleys, to be used for throwing barrels instead of stones.

They would gladly have drunk enough wine to float one of the largest galleys, but there was none aboard.

The idea was to drive home a straight thrust with the sixty larger galleys, while the others protected either flank.

Human propulsion includes rowing, which was used even on large galleys.

The large galleys must have been very sluggish and could be defeated by large numbers of smaller ships.