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galley

ship mainly propelled by oars
Intangible ship_type Q188924
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Summary

galley is a ship type[1]. galley ranks in the top 8% of ship type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,136 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: ship[3]
  • Commons category: Galleys (ship)[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Galleys[5]
  • Commons gallery: Galley[6]
  • Depicted by: Reconstruction of a galley[7]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Encyclopedic Lexicon[12], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], The New Student's Reference Work[15], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16]
  • Different from: Galera[17], galley[18]
  • Derivative work: galleass[19]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]

Why It Matters

galley has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] galley is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

ship

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → galleass
    Instance of → ship type
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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