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Cogs progressively replaced Viking-type ships in Northern waters during the 13th century. Why this was the case is uncertain but cogs could carry more cargo than knarr of a similar size. Their flat bottoms allowed them to settle flat in the harbor, making them easier to load and unload.
In April 2022, a 13th-century cog was found in Tallinn, Estonia during highway construction. It is believed to be better preserved than the Bremen cog and a dendrochronology test on the wood has dated the wreck to 1298. The ship is 24 meters long and nine meters wide. The boards are intact up to three meters from the bottom of the ship. [31]
Roccafortis was built in Venice (some sources say at the Venetian Arsenal) in the mid 13th-century.She was laid down as a round ship, and was often outfitted for war.The exact role of the ship is disputed; some sources note the ship was used to defend Venice's Levant trade, and she has been placed [1] [2] at the Battle of Saseno in 1264 between the Venetian and Genoese navies.
The cog, a "round ship" designed to cope with the rough waters of the North Sea, the hulls of Venetian built cogs had a pronounced teardrop shape, with a narrow bow mounting a high forecastle. Alongside the naval squadrons that operated at sea, at least from the mid-13th century Venice began to deploy military fleets along the Po.
During the 13th and 14th century, the galley evolved into the design that was to remain essentially the same until it was phased out in the early 19th century. The new type descended from the ships used by Byzantine and Muslim fleets in the Early Middle Ages.
The list of shipwrecks in the 13th century includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost between (and including) the years 1201 to 1300. 1231. Unidentified: The ship foundered off the Isle of Wight, England. She was on a voyage from Nantes Kingdom of France to London, England with a cargo of lampreys for King Henry III. [1] 1280
At the same time, however, the then megas doux, Michael Stryphnos, was accused by Niketas Choniates of enriching himself by selling off the equipment of the imperial fleet, [141] [146] while by the early 13th century the authority of the central government had weakened to such an extent that various local potentates began seizing power in the ...
Later in the third century AD, inscription from Hadramaut has recorded the existence of 47 ships in the port of Qāni' has shown the strength of the Himyarite navy, [45] While in the late sixth century, the southern Arabia were caught in the naval campaign that involved Sasanian Empire and the Aksumite Empire in a conflict series over control ...