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I noticed while looking at the 1790 Battle of Vyborg Bay between Russia and Sweden that out of the dozens of combatant ship, much of them were Galleys! What was Galley warfare like in the Baltic sea at this time? Was it effective?

by /u/critfist in /r/AskHistorians

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