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A traditional galley.
A galley was a type of ship that was propelled mainly by rowing. The galley was characterized by its long, slender hull, shallow draft and low freeboard (clearance between sea and railing). Virtually all types of galleys had sails that could be used in favorable winds, but human strength was always the primary method of propulsion. This allowed galleys to navigate independently of winds and currents. The galley originated among the seafaring civilizations around the Mediterranean Sea in the late second millennium BC and remained in use in various forms until the early 18th century in warfare, trade and piracy.
The Pirate Lord Ammand commanded a fleet of galleys,[1] and his ships were among those assembled against Cutler Beckett's armada.[2]
Notable galleys[]
Behind the scenes[]
Galleys were first identified in the reference book Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide by Richard Platt and Glenn Dakin,[1] before making their first appearance in the 2007 film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End through Ammand the Corsair's fleet of galleys.[2] In Legends of the Brethren Court: Day of the Shadow by Rob Kidd, Ammand's flagship was identified the Seref.[3]
One of the ideas for Chris Schweizer's Pirates of the Caribbean comic book series was to have James Norrington and his crew surviving the hurricane off Tripoli and being captured by the Barbary Corsairs and eventually becoming slaves/rowers aboard a galley.[4]
Appearances[]
- Legends of the Brethren Court: Day of the Shadow
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (First appearance)
Sources[]
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide (First identified as galley)
- Pirates of the Caribbean PocketModel game
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide, pp. 90-91: "Pirate Lords"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Legends of the Brethren Court: Day of the Shadow, Chapter Seven
- ↑ Chris Schweizer: "I wasn't planning on delving into Groves much, at least not unless the series went into a second arc/season, but Gillette was going to be a major player in the hurricane story, and would’ve been captured with Norrington and some of the others by the Corsairs in its aftermath and forced to row aboard a galley ship. Had we done that second season, Norrington would've led a revolt that would free the navy men, and get them back to the Caribbean."