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>>I am interested in some basic information on Swedish >>galleys, half-galleys and rowing frigates. I am aware >>that Sweden stopped building galleys after 1748 in >>favor of small gunboats (per Jan Glete who should have >>known :-)). I am also aware that Russia captured at >>least six 20-banked galleys during the 1788-90 war. >>Beyond that, I have very little information. >> >>Thanks in advance, >> >I'm not sure exactly what types you are asking about. >R.C. Anderson had a table in the back of <i>Naval Wars >in the Baltic</i> (p. 376) about the following types >of rowed vessels, some of which had broadside >armaments (the first four were, I think, named for >counties in Finland): >• Hemmema >• Turuma >• Udema >• Pojama >• Galley >• Gunsloop >• Gunyawl >I think he also wrote an article about these in <i>The >Mariner's Mirror,</i> which I might be able to dig up. > There is also a narrative description of most of >these types, with some outline drawings, in Otto von >Pivka's pastiche, <i>Navies of the Napoleonic Era.</i>

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