Quote Originally Posted by Sir Beane View Post
The manila galleions more or less fall under the category of galleons. If I remember correctly they were paticularly large galleons, but were sluggish and poorly armed. Since they were intended purely as a transport ship they probably won't be available as a naval unit.

They may however be in the game if CA intend to replicate the Spanish gold fleets.
They were large, displacing in the region of 2000 tons. Considering galleons were a ship type built purposefully for war, I wouldn't say they were entirely useless, even though they wouldn't really stand up to a ship of the line individually. Which is why they ceased to be used by navies in the early XVIII century as main warships.

Yet the Manila Galleons continued until 1815, starting in 1565 which is a lot more than any other ship type in history, meaning they were good at doing what they did.