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galley frigate

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | 239 words | Copyright

galley frigate, a frigate of a type built for the British Navy in the reign of King Charles II (1660–85) to take oars or sweeps as well as sails. Very few were built and, being generally inefficient, they were quickly discarded.

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