List of sailing ships of the Venetian Navy

This is a list of sailing ships of the Venetian Navy. From the Fifth Ottoman-Venetian War to the fall of the Republic of Venice in 1797, Venice maintained a good number of sailing warships, that formed the so-called Armada Grossa, opposed to the galley-based Armada Sottile. The vast majority of those ships were built in the Venetian Arsenal as some of its roofed shipbuilding docks were enlarged to allow construction of sailing vessels.

Ships of the Line

According to the classification used in the Venetian Navy, those primo rango (translation: "first rank") vessels comprised every two-decked ship armed with more than 62 guns. Usually, the ordnance varied from 68 to 74 guns, but the greatest part of those ships were 70-gun vessels.[1] Since the second half of the XVIII century and the appearance of the heavy frigates the class comprised only ships with more than 68 guns, and those ships of the line were simply called "line vessels".[2]

The secondo rango (translation: "second rank") Venetian ships of the line were two-decker with an armament that varied from 48 to 66 guns.[1] They served as support to the main battle line of primo rango vessels and as scouting ships. After the Peace of Passarowitz in 1718 and the decline of Venetian Navy strength, their number was greatly reduced, and from the second half of the XVIII century their roles were taken by newly built frigates.[2]

  • Drago Volante-class, 5 ships, 1673-1720 [4]
  • Venere Armata-class, 4 ships, 1676-1717 [5]
  • San Marco grande-class, 1 ship, 1684-1690 [6]
  • Sant'Andrea-class, 3 ships, 1685-1752 [7]
  • Fede Guerriera-class, 4 ships, 1693-1748 [8]
  • San Spiridion-class, 6 ships, 1717-1738 [9]

The distinction between secondo and terzo rango (translation: "third rank") Venetian ships of the line was based more on roles that on main armament. Those ships carried from 52 to 40 guns, but had the only role of scouting vessels. As the secondo rango ones, after Passarowitz the number of this ships' type was slowly diminished and substituted with newly built frigates.[2]

  • Madonna della Salute-class, 3 ships, 1675-1717 [10]
  • San Giovanni Battista piccolo-class, 1 ship, 1684-1695 [11]
  • Scudo della Fede-class, 2 ships, 1714-1744 [12]

Frigates
  • Palma-class

Support ships
  • Monton d'oro-class, 2 ships, 1688-1695 [13]

References
  1. "Ships 1667-1797". felipe.mbnet.fi. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  2. "Vascelli Veneziani (in italian)". Venezia Museo. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  3. Harrison, Simon. "Giove Fulminante class". threedecks.org. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. Harrison, Simon. "Drago Volante class". threedecks.org. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  5. Harrison, Simon. "Drago Allungato class". threedecks.org. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  6. Harrison, Simon. "San Marco grande class". threedecks.org. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  7. Harrison, Simon. "Sant'Andrea class". threedecks.org. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  8. Harrison, Simon. "Fede Guerriera class". threedecks.org. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  9. Harrison, Simon. "San Spiridion class". threedecks.org. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  10. Harrison, Simon. "Madonna della Salute class". threedecks.org. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  11. Harrison, Simon. "San Giovanni Battista piccolo". threedecks.org. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  12. Harrison, Simon. "Madonna della Salute class". threedecks.org. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  13. Harrison, Simon. "Monton d'oro class". threedecks.org. Retrieved 28 September 2017.

See also
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