The larger ships separate from the smaller vessels and form the group sent to hunt pirates. During the engagement, chain shot preserves the possibility of capture instead of simply destroying the target. Before the identification is settled, the fluyt is described as a principal Dutch trading ship, comparable to the galleon in period importance but faster and more frigate-like. After the battle, the captured vessel is identified as a race-built galleon rather than a fluyt and kept as a useful small warship. The sequence combines a prize-warfare example with a concise comparison of ship types.
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Capturing a race-built galleon
A late anti-pirate action uses larger ships and chain shot to secure a race-built galleon as a prize, then distinguishes that warship type from the Dutch fluyt.