CONDURA CROATICA a ships type from Croatia of the 11th - 12th century.
In 1966 at the entrance to the port of Nin, two small boats were discovered. After been taking out and carefully documented, they were subjected to a prolonged procedure of desalinization of the wooden structure.
The boats with a length of 7-8 meter were built in the typical Mediterranean way of connecting the planks together.
The characteristic feature is the lack of a keel, which is supplemented by two wooden starboard supports.
The proportionally narrow form of the boats points to the fact that she have probably been used for swift rowing patrols in the narrow straits, as well for rapid attacks.
The rowing crew would be able to direct them skillfully, and in a case of emergency, she could be pulled ashore and hidden away in the dense evergreen underbush along the coast.
It is believed that these boats could be early Croatian conduras. The dimensions of the boats correspond exactly to the dimensions of the conduras mentioned by Constantine Porphyrogenitus when speaking of the Croatian navy.
Research by using C14 procedure showed that the age of the wooden structure of the boats corresponds to the time when Croats used to sail on conduras.
The design of the boats reminds of the design of the Liburnian serial, so it could be said that it represents a successful combination of Croatian and Liburnian shipbuilding tradition.
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Source: copied from the Croatia Post web-site.