In his book dealing with the knight so Malta Ubaldini published a long list of the ships and galleys serving in the navy of their knights. There are more publications in which information can be find dealing with their ships, for instance R.C. Anderson’s Naval Wars in the Levant and several articles dealing with a facet of this navy. Ubaldini’s book is not well spread; so I translate his list in to English to make it accessible for more shiplovers. The original list contains an exact date, the name of the galley and her commanding officer. I excluded the name of the name of the officer and just mention a year instead of the full fate (probably of his commission). So it become easy to get an impression of the strength in a certain year. A quick comparison with other sources indicates that the list wasn’t complete so while using it (some) reserve is necessary! I added some details using two other sources.
1600. Ubaldini mentioned the San Giovanni. Atauz mentioned a number of 5.1601. Ubaldini mentioned the San Filippo and the San Placido. R.C. Anderson mentioned a total of 5. Atauz mentioned a number of 4.
1602. Ubaldini mentioned the San Giorgio and the San Giovanni. Atauz mentioned a number of 5.
1603. Ubaldini mentioned the San Giorgio and the San Filippo. R.C. Anderson mentioned a total of 4. Atauz mentioned a number of 5.
1604. Ubaldini mentioned the San Giovanni and the San Giorgio. Atauz mentioned a number of 5 of which the Capitana, San Michele and San Giorgio were wrecked, the others were the Padrona or San Giacomo and San Luigi. The newly at Barcelona build San Stefano and one with the same name was build in Malya, both were added.
1605. Ubaldini mentioned the San Giacomo and the San Michele. R.C. Anderson mentioned a total of 5.
1606. Ubaldini mentioned the San Luigi. R.C. Anderson mentioned for April a total of 5 of which the Capitana, San Michele and San Giorgio were wrecked at Cimbalo due to a storm. The other two were the San Giacomo/Padrona and the San Luigi. In August there were 4. The losses were recovered by a newly built at Naples galley, an old disarmed one from Palermo both as a gift of the Spanish crown, a newly built at Marseille and money was given by the Captain-General de Speletta to finance the building of a new Capitana.
1607. Ubaldini mentioned the San Giacomo, San Giovanni, Santo Stefano and the Sant’ Alfonso.
1609. Ubaldini mentioned the San Giovanni, Sant’ Alfonso and the San Ludovico.
1610. Ubaldini mentioned the Santo Steafono, San Giacomo and the San Giovanni.
1611. Ubaldini mentioned the Santo Steafono, Sant’ Alfonso, San Lorenzo and the Santa Maria. Atauz mentioned a number of 11.
1612. Ubaldini mentioned the Sant’ Alfonso.
1613 Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Maria. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 5. Atauz mentioned the new building of the San Lorenzo.
1614. Ubaldini mentioned the San Lorenzo and the San Giovanni. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 3 in April and 5 in July.
1615. Ubaldini mentioned the Santo Stefono and the Santa Maria. Atauz mentioned the new building of two San Lorenzo’s, one built at Barcelona, the other in Malta.
1616. Ubaldini mentioned the San Lorenzo. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 2 in September.
1617. Ubaldini mentioned the San Lorenzo and the Santa Maria.
1618. Ubaldini mentioned the San Lorenzo and the San Giovanni. Atauz mentioned the new building of the San Giovanni Battista at Messina.
1619. Ubaldini mentioned the Santo Stefano, Santa Maria and San Lorenzo. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 5 in August. Atauz mentioned the building of the San Giovanni in Malta.
1620. Ubaldini mentioned the San Giovanni.
1621. Ubaldini mentioned the San Lorenzo, Santo Stefano and the Santa Maria.
1622. Ubaldini mentioned the San Giovanni.
1623. Ubaldini mentioned the San Francesco, San Lorenzo and the Santa Maria.
1624. Ubaldini mentioned the Padrona. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 5 in June. Atauz mentioned a number of 4.
1625. Ubaldini mentioned the San Francesco, Sant’ Antonio, Santa Maria, Nuova donate del Vice-roy of Sicilia and the San Giovanni. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 5 in May. The San Giovanni and San Francesco were captured 26 June by the Bizertans. The first one recaptured by Tuscany in 1628. Atauz mentioned a number of 5 of which he San Francesco and San Giovanni were captured. Atauz mentioned the number of 5 and the capture of the San Francesco and San Giovanni. The Viceroy of Sicily gave a new hull, while another stocked as a reserve at the Arsenal was in a hurry fitted out.
1626. Ubaldini mentioned 3 galleys without a name. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 4 in September and referred that 2 galleys were handed over by the Vicereoy of Naples to replace the lost in 1625. Atauz mentioned the building ain Malta of a Capitana.
1627. Ubaldini mentioned the Sant’ Antonio and the San Pietro. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 5 including a new one from Leghorn. Atauz mentioned a number of 6.
1628: Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Maria, Sant’ Antonio, San Giovanni and the Santa Rosalia.
1629. Ubaldini mentioned the San Giovanni, San Carlo and a 3rd galley.
1630. Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Maria, Sant’ Antonio and the San Paolo. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 2.
1632. Ubaldini mentioned the San Carlo, San’t Antonio, Santa Maria, San Giovanni and the San Paolo. R.C. Anderson mentioned that the San Giovanni was wrecked early in the year but replaced by another and that in April there were 5 in service. Atauz mentioned that the building of a galley at Messina was ordered.
1633. Ubaldini mentioned the San Carlo and the San Nicola.
1634. Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Maria and the San Paolo.
1635. Ubaldini mentioned the San Carlo and the San Nicola.
1636. Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Maria and the San Paolo. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 6.
1637. Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Maria della Vittoria and the San Pietro. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 2.
1638. Ubaldini mentioned the Sant’ Antonio and the Santa Maria. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 6.
1639. Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Ubaldesca, Santa Maria della Vittoria, San Nicolas and the San Pietro.
1640. Ubaldini mentioned the San Guiseppe and the Santa Ubaldesca. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 6. Atauz mentioned a number of 6 in August.
1641. Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Ubaldesca, San Lorenzo and the Santa Maria della Vittoria.
1642. Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Maria, San Guiseppe and the Santa Ubaldesca. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 3 in the summer. The Capitana was wrecked in February near Palermo but replaced by a new one a gift from the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Atauz mentioned the wrecking of the Capitana and a new one give by the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
1643. Ubaldini mentioned the San Lorenzo and the Santa Maria della Vittori.
1644. Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Maria, San Giovanni and the San Guiseppe. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 6 called San Giovanni, San Guiseppe, San Lorenzo, San Maria, the Vittoria and the Capitana. Atauz mentioned a number of 6 called Capitana, San Giovanni, San Giuseppe, Vittoria, San Lorenzo and Santa Maria.
1645. Ubaldini mentioned the Vittoria and the San Lorenzo. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 6.
1646. Ubaldini mentioned the San Guiseppe and the San Giovanni. Atauz mentioned that the Vittoria was wrecked.
1647. Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Maria and the Santa Caterina. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 6. Atauz mentioned a number of 6 called Capitana, San Giovanni, Padrona, Magistral, Santa Maria, Santa Caterina and San Francesco.
1648. Ubaldini mentioned the San Francesco and the San Pietro. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 6.
1649. Ubaldini mentioned the San Giovanni, Santa Caterina and the San Nicola.
1650. Ubaldini mentioned the San Francesco and the San Pietro. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 6.
1651. Ubaldini mentioned the San Giovanni, Santa Caterina and the Madonna della Grazia. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 4. Atauz mentioned a number of 7 including the new galley Lascara.
1652. Ubaldini mentioned the San Nicola, San Giovanni and the San Pietro. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 7. Atauz mentioned a number of 7.
1653. Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Caterina and the Madonna della Grazia. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 7.
1654. Ubaldini mentioned the San Nicola and the San Pietro. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 6.
1655. Ubaldini mentioned the San Giovanni, Santa Maria and the San Pietro. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 6 in April.
1656. Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Caterina and the Santa Maria. Atauz mentioned a number of 6.
1657. Ubaldini mentioned the San Nicola, San Gregorio, San Pietro, San Giovanni and the Madonne della Grazia.
1658. Ubaldini mentioned the San Pietro.
1659. Ubaldini mentioned the San Giovanni, San Luigi, San Gregorio and the Santa Maria.
1660. Ubaldini mentioned the San Martino and the San Pietro. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 7 in May.
1661. Ubaldini mentioned the San Giovanni, Santa Maria and the San Luigi. Atauz mentioned a number of 7.
1662. Ubaldini mentioned the San Martino.
1663. Ubaldini mentioned the San Giovanni, Santa Maria, San Luigi and the San Giovanni de Paula.
1664. Ubaldini mentioned the San Giovanni de Paula and the San Martino.
1665. Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Maria, San Giovanni de Paula and the San Luigi.
1666. Ubaldini mentioned the San Nicola, San Martino, San Giovanni and the Santa Maria.
1667. Ubaldini mentioned the San Pietro.
1668. Ubaldini mentioned the San Nicola and the San Luigi.
1669. Ubaldini mentioned the San Nicola, San Pietro and the Santa Maria. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 7 in June.
1670. Ubaldini mentioned the Sant’ Antonio, San Luigi and the San Nicola.
1671. Ubaldini mentioned the San Pietro. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 6.
1672. Ubaldini mentioned the San Nicola and the Sant’ Antonio.
1673. Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Maria, San Luigi and the San Pietro. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 5.
1674. Ubaldini mentioned the San Nicola and the Sant’ Antonio.
1675. Ubaldini mentioned the San Luigi, San Pietro and the Santa Maria.
1676. Ubaldini mentioned the San Nicola and the Sant’ Antonio. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 7.
1677. Ubaldini mentioned the San Luigi and the Santa Maria.
1678. Ubaldini mentioned the San Nicola and the Sant’ Antonio.
1679. Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Maria, San Luigi and the San Pietro.
1680. Ubaldini mentioned the Sant’ Antonio. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 7.
1681. Ubaldini mentioned the Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Maria, San Nicola and the San Paolo.
1682. Ubaldini mentioned the Sant’ Antonio and the San Luigi.
1683. Ubaldini mentioned the San Paolo, San Luigi and the Santa Maria.
1684. Ubaldini mentioned the Sant’ Antonio and the San Pietro. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 7 in June.
1685. Ubaldini mentioned the Ottava, San Luigi, Santa Maria and the San Paolo. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 8. Atauz mentioned a number of 7.
1686. Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Maria, Ottava and the San Pietro. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 8 in May.
1687. Ubaldini mentioned the San Luigi, San Paolo and the Ottava. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 7 in September.
1688. Ubaldini mentioned the Santa Maria and the San Pietro. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 8 in June. Atauz mentioned a number of 8 included the Ottava.
1689. Ubaldini mentioned the Sant’ Antonio, Ottava, San Luigi, San Paolo and the Santa Maria.
1690. Ubaldini mentioned the San Pietro, Ottava, San Paolo and the Sant’ Antonio. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 8 in June.
1691. Ubaldini mentioned the Ottava, San Luigi and the Santa Maria. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 8 in June.
1692. Ubaldini mentioned the Ottava, San Paolo and the Sant’ Antonio. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 8 in July.
1693. Ubaldini mentioned the San Pietro, San Luigi and the Santa Maria. R.C. Anderson mentioned a number of 7 in July.
1694. Ubaldini mentioned the San Paolo, San Pietro and the Sant’ Antonio.
1695. Ubaldini mentioned the San Luigi and the Santa Maria.
1696. Ubaldini mentioned the San Pietro and the Sant’ Antonio.
1697. Ubaldini mentioned the San Luigi and the Santa Maria.
1698. Ubaldini mentioned the Sant’ Antonio.
1699. Ubaldini mentioned the San Pietro and the San Luigi.
Sources
R.C. Anderson. Naval wars in the Levant 1559-1853. Princeton, 1952.
Ayse Devrim Atauz. Trade, Piracy, and Naval Welfare in the Central Mediterranean: the Maritime History and Archaeology of Malta. 2004.
Ubaldino Mori Ubaldini. La Marine del Sovrano Militare Ordino de San Giovannni di Gerusalemme di Radi e di Malta. Romo, 1971, p. 566-595.
