----------------+----------------------+--------+------------------------ Division. | Commander. |Galleys.| Sailing-ships. ----------------+----------------------+--------+------------------------ Vanguard |Juan de Cardona | 7 | | | |Galleasses 6 M o { | | |Frigates 70 a f {Left Wing |Agostino Barbarigo | 53 | -- i { | | | 76 n b { | | | a {Centre |Don Juan de Austria | 62 |These frigates sailed l t { | | |during the voyage as a i t { | | |separate squadron under n l {Right Wing |Giovanni Andrea Doria | 50 |Don Cesar d'Avalos. e e { | | |They were employed as | | |storeships and tenders. Reserve |Alvaro de Bazan, | | |Marquis de Santa Cruz | 30 | ----------------+----------------------+--------+------------------------ Total 202 +76 sailing-ships = 278 ships in all. ----------------+----------------------+--------+------------------------ [Illustration: GALLEYS OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA IN ACTION WITH TURKISH GALLEYS] It is interesting to note that instead of choosing one of the large sailing-vessels as his flagship, Don Juan displayed his flag, the standard of the League, from the masthead of the largest of the Spanish galleys, the "Reale," a splendid ship built for the Viceroy of Catalonia three years before. She had sixty oars, a battery of guns pointing forward through a breastwork in the bow, and another gun on her high poop, pointing over her stern, which was adorned with elaborate wood carvings, the work of Vasquez of Seville, one of the most famous sculptors of the day. She had a crew of 300 rowers and 400 fighting-men. In the battle-line two other great galleys were to lie to right and left of the "Reale," on her starboard, the flagship of Colonna, the papal admiral, and to port that of Veniero the Venetian, flying the lion banner of St. Mark. Next to these were the galleys of the Princes of Parma and Urbino. On the extreme right of the centre was the post of the flagship of the Knights of Malta, commanded by the Grand Master Giustiniani. All the galleys of the central squadron flew blue pennons as their distinguishing flag. The vanguard and the right flew green triangular flags. When the line was formed Cardona and his seven galleys were to take post on the left or inner flank of the right division. Doria, the Genoese admiral, was on the extreme right.