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Anatol
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Dromon Medieval

Post by Anatol » Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:24 pm

Originally dromon is an open, ie undecked (Greek afrakta ) rowing boat with oars and one row removable rigged . However, after some time the situation has changed . Byzantium became stronger , both militarily and economically, and in the south began to dawn a new threat - the Arabs . Since the single-stage undecked ships not guarantee reliable protection of the Aegean basin and Constantinople from naval threats escalate dromon Byzantines and made it two-storeyed.At future, for VII-XV centuries . dromon repeatedly modified and changed . The first mention of dromon occurs in the life of the king of the Eastgoths (540 years) . A more detailed description of the ship gives the philosopher Leo (IX century) . The length of some vessels of this class reached 41 m trim was oak with a traditional way north clinker-built . Platforms at the ends closed vessel shields soldiers and intended for archers and slingers . Steering oar rested at one point, around which it can be rotated using a handle at right angles to the pen oars. A significant step forward was the second installation , inclined towards the stem of the mast. Narrower sail let her go in side winds. These types of ships had names: hulk, nef, nave, buza , keel. The establishment of such approached northern shipbuilding to building the most common type of vessel Baltic - Hanseatic kog and then "round" ships in the Mediterranean.
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Re: Dromon Medieval

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