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Hanseatic Cog

Post by Anatol » Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:04 pm

Kogg is the main type of ship of the Hanseatic League. The case of the kogg, with a small ratio of length to width, had a high bead, the sheathing was made "clinker". The keel was made from one trunk of a tree in the form of a powerful beam, which passed in the nose and stern into the steeply rising stems. A straight-run straight sail with an area of 180-200 square meters was raised on a solid mast made up of several logs assembled and fitted into a single trunk. The fork superstructure was structurally connected with the hull. A platform with a toothed guard was attached to the stern post. On it, when an enemy attack was repulsed, archers and crossbowmen were located. The aft platform occupied more than one-third of the length of the ship. Below it lay a room with an entrance from the deck, and cabins, in the side walls of which sometimes the windows were cut through. On top of the deck floor there was also a skylight. The stem ended in an inclined mast - a bowsprit, which served to stretch the sails from the front. This was necessary to ensure maneuvering, i.e. the movement of the vessel in variable winds. The maximum length of the claw is 30 m, the length along the waterline is 20 m, the width is 7.3 m, the draft is 3 m, the carrying capacity is up to 300 tonnes. The design of the kogg has been improved over time. In the 13th-14th centuries, the kogg is a small single-masted vessel with a hinged the wheel. In the 15th century it was already a three-masted vessel of considerable displacement (500 tons and more). Success in the shipping of the Hansa is largely due to the good seaworthiness of the kogga - both a warship and a merchant ship. See also: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6775
Source: VA Dygalo: Sailboats of the World. Part 1. Gabonaise 2017;880f.
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