 The "Santa Anna", a lead-sheathed carrack of the Knights Hospitaller, is viewed by some authors as an early form of armoured ship.From 1522 to 1540, the warship successfully operated in the Mediterranean Sea against the Turks.The "Galleon of Venice", the Venetian flagship which did serious damage to the Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Preveza (1538), was sheathed with plate.