Half-Galley Jean de Viennes Gallées Siege Galley 1st Crusade Santa Maria Carrack C.

Medieval merchant ships. The cog - a medieval merchant ship. They were large and stable enough to carry artillery. Though they were all sailing ships they could also be rowed over short distances.

The database was compiled using evidence from three core documentary records. These voyages could take days but were still quicker and easier than trying to use roads which were mostly little more than dirt tracks. Although the numbers of ships and trained sailors have been recorded since the medieval period few of these early records survive.

The Galley Greek The Cog Northern European The Nef French long ship Scandinavian Bireme and Tireme Roman Turk and Venetian. Ship prefix SS for merchant vessels Tartane or tartan A single-masted ship used for fishing and coastal trading in the Mediterranean from the 17th to the late 19th century usually rigged with a large lateen sail and a fore-sail to the bowsprit. The wiki article is pretty good and has an excellent list of external links for the layman.

ATLANTIC Ship Model Co. Coca of Mataro medieval merchant ship model from 15th century can be found in Maritime Museum in Rotterdam. 14th century merchant gog.

You can usually estimate their crew size easily by counting the number of oar holes. Carrack cross section labeled with. Roundship John Cabot Hansa Kogge.

Ships in the medieval sense was a term which applied specifically to large deep-hulled sailing vessels such as cogs and hulks. Map of the cities belonging to the Hanseatic League Europe c. Some types of medieval ships include.