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The term royal galea defined, during the modern age, the flagship of the galleys of an independent kingdom. Examples are the "reals" of France and Spain.

It was also called "Real" the flagship of the papal fleet in view of the fact that the other Catholic rulers recognized the Pope the right of precedence over them. The Republic of Genoa claimed, instead, the right to call "Real" its admiral as it depended on the Kingdom of Corsica. However, the disputes about the rules of greeting with the captains of Tuscany and Malta prevented for a long time the Genoese "Reale" from taking the sea.

They had the title and treatment of royal galea also the admirals of the kingdoms subjected to a foreign state. Thus the admiral of the galleys of Cyprus and that of the galleys of Candia were allowed to call themselves real, as these territories had the title of kingdom, although they belonged to the Republic of Venice. So also the three flagships of the teams of Naples, Sicily and Sardinia were called "real Capernaum", although these territories belonged to the Crown of Spain.

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