Galeas

This article is about trade vessel. For the heavy military galleys, see Galleass.

Model of a galeas from the collections of the Maritime Museum in Stockholm

A galeas is a type of small trade vessel that 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 variants had two masts and were rigged as ketches or 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 with a square stern.

Finnish galeas Ihana with her sails down.

Sources

Skonare (skonert), brigantin, brigg (Swedish)
Nordisk familjebok (Swedish)
18th century galeas from Stettin, Germany High resolution photos of a model

Types of sailing vessels and rigs

Sailing rigs

By sail-plan

Multihull vessels

Naval & merchant
vessels
(by origin date)

Ancient	Boita Dhow Galley (Penteconter, Bireme, Trireme, Quadriremes, Tessarakonteres, Dromon) Junk Mtepe Uru

Medieval	Balinger Birlinn Chinese treasure ship Cog Hulk Knarr Koch Kondura Longship Shitik

15th c.	Carrack Caravel Hoy Trabaccolo

16th c.	Crommesteven Galiot Galleon Galleass Flyboat Fluyt Full-rigged pinnace Lorcha Man-of-war Patache Square-rigged caravel (round or de armada) Xebec

17th c.	Bermuda sloop Corvette East Indiaman Frigate Galeas Koff Pinisi Polacca Ship of the line

18th c.	Bilander Clipper (Baltimore Clipper) Gallivat Grab Gundalow 74-gun ship of the line Sloop-of-war

19th c.	Blackwall frigate Dutch clipper Down Easter Elissa Windjammer

Fishing vessels

Recreational vessels

Special terms

Other

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