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fromMedievalists.net
2 weeks ago

Medieval ship discovered off Copenhagen may be the world's largest cog - Medievalists.net

A 15th-century cog named Svælget 2, approximately 28m long with ~300-ton capacity, is the largest known, revealing rare medieval ship construction details.
fromwww.npr.org
3 months ago

Famed polar exploration ship Endurance not as strong as legend held, researcher says

What if one of the most famous and formidable Antarctic exploration vessels in history, whose crew's story of shipwreck and survival has been told for more than a century, wasn't as strong as legend had it? A new research paper about the vessel Endurance casts doubt on some common beliefs about explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship, particularly that it was one of the most well-built ships of its era and that it went down due to the loss of its rudder after becoming trapped in sea ice in 1915.
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