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Nave of Genoa

Post by Anatol » Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:32 pm

In place of the Byzantine merchant ships trading came city-states of Italy. Their heyday , the XII and XIV century . All these ships had a common name Nave . They had no oars and sails only . Designed and built these vessels Venice and Genoa , at that time monopolized all trade with the European countries of the Levant. Performing these tasks require a new type of ship , with high strength and high load capacity , because had to carry a huge amount of goods, passengers , horses , weapons and provisions. In width and draft these vessels resembled Roman merchant ships with convex sides, deep-draft and high freeboard . With draft of 6 meters from the waterline to the rail was still 4 meters. Bow and stern where the living accommodation , rising above the deck at 3-4 meters. Skills were the three decks. This ship was 30 meters long, 12 meters wide and was taking on board 500 tons of cargo. They were the main means of transport during the Crusades . Initially, all the Latin sail mast carried aloft on inclined . Over time, as the size of ships started to grow , it became clear that the Latin sail for a large vessel is not enough. Then added another and square sails . Skills early period were equipped with a tiller , but when the Venetians and Genoese ships seen from the Nordic countries, which carried his Crusaders in Palestine , it drew attention to the shape of the steering wheel and adopted her . Forage at Nava highly raised and strengthened with the beam .
Pictured cargo ship belongs to a class coasters XII century. Ahterkastl and forkastl made as open platforms , walled longline ornamented bulwarks . The slots aft platform , serving 0.8 m above the base line body , held a pair of massive rudders . On a single cargo hatch often fastened boat traveling . Mast " crow's nest " ( observation post on the mast vessel in the form of barrels ) carrying a scythe Latin sail, which allowed to maneuver in crosswinds. It was convenient for maneuvering in cramped conditions archipelagos of the Mediterranean, but is ineffective at fair winds . On the aft superstructure ( ahterkastle ) visible grid ( for better ventilation ) for provisions of the box .
Genoese navigators led trial of its kind in the Black Sea. Moving along the coast, they reached Feodosia and Kerch.
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