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To: blam
Didn't galleys have oars? I don't see any in that drawing.
26 posted on 08/19/2003 10:09:59 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY (20 years in the Navy; never drunk on duty - never sober on liberty)
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To: GATOR NAVY
Yes, of course galleys have oars. Of course, the portrait was painted minimum 2 years after HMS Mary Rose sank, and the painter was undoubtedly not a naval architect.
27 posted on 08/20/2003 5:09:14 AM PDT by CatoRenasci (Ceterum Censeo [Gallia][Germania][Arabia] Esse Delendam --- Select One or More as needed)
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