tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post7891908780931594856..comments2024-02-22T19:21:40.330-05:00Comments on Muhlberger's World History: Medieval landing craft?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-28683083602899659842015-06-06T11:45:24.273-04:002015-06-06T11:45:24.273-04:00With our depth of regional experience and our vast...With our depth of regional experience and our vast scope of services, Sea Swift is the industry pace setter in marine transport in northern Australia. Our fleet of purpose-designed vessels delivers vital supplies and services to remote island and coastal communities and resource development outposts across Queensland and the Northern Territory. Sea Swift – since 1987. Here are available marine logistics, sea freight, bulk handling,, vessel charter, northern territory, Queensland, barges, <a href="http://www.seaswift.com.au/" rel="nofollow">landing craft</a>, remote shipping and vessels.elson cadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04601989980404314891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-55083616782935925252010-12-06T09:45:07.217-05:002010-12-06T09:45:07.217-05:00Very good information, I'll write it verywhere...Very good information, I'll write it verywhere.Ephesus Tourshttp://www.e-ephesus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-65728898381554263572010-06-08T22:55:19.312-04:002010-06-08T22:55:19.312-04:00John Pryor has written several articles on horse t...John Pryor has written several articles on horse transports that can be found in the journal The Mariner's Mirror. I believe he also revisits the subject in the Age of the Droman. (I apologize for not have the precise references at the ready, but I am in Facebook-surfing, blog-reading civies right now.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-5512198347938186162010-05-30T12:44:28.565-04:002010-05-30T12:44:28.565-04:00What I find interesting is that Robert of Clari, w...What I find interesting is that Robert of Clari, who was also present, says that a knight could come to shore mounted. So perhaps both were done, but leading the horse ashore before mounting was more prudent.Will McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14685409952186547597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-87455738840429068892010-05-27T13:08:08.348-04:002010-05-27T13:08:08.348-04:00I think Janice has perhaps misread my post, which ...I think Janice has perhaps misread my post, which was originally sparked by Jonathan Phillips's book <i>The Fourth Crusade</i> and cites that same chunk of Villehardouin, albeit at greater length. The stuff I got hold of there suggested slings to keep the horses upright at sea, but that they were unloaded through a horse-port with a ramp. We had quite a debate about how one would saddle them before landing and set up on shore. Villehardouin seems to suggest that mounting and marshalling happened on the beach, so it wasn't quite D-Day: Constantinople! Still impressive though, I assume! (The relevant extract is excerpted from the IMSB in my post.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-15592395966953343682010-05-27T07:42:14.359-04:002010-05-27T07:42:14.359-04:00I think the sling reference is mistaken. Other sou...I think the sling reference is mistaken. Other sources say the slings were to support the horses while the ships were pitching and rolling at sea, which makes sense. If you have ramps, why use slings for transfer?Will McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14685409952186547597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-38277512662425485922010-05-26T22:32:22.062-04:002010-05-26T22:32:22.062-04:00Jonathan Jarrett covered this just a few months ba...Jonathan Jarrett covered this just a few months back with an interesting post that references slings to transfer the horses: http://tenthmedieval.wordpress.com/2010/02/14/knight-landing-ships/Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093558563358431804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-81670900041646806432010-05-26T16:31:45.084-04:002010-05-26T16:31:45.084-04:00The vessels are covered in more detail in: Bull, M...The vessels are covered in more detail in: Bull, M. (2003). The experience of crusading Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. There's a link to a google view now up on my site.Will McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14685409952186547597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-246654971778416482010-05-26T14:04:48.932-04:002010-05-26T14:04:48.932-04:00I recall Michel Mollat giving me the only informat...I recall Michel Mollat giving me the only information I ever got on this in an article long ago that ranged over a series of points concerning medieval shipping history. I imagine you know this well and can in any case do better, but if not I could probably find the reference for you. <br /><br />I saw the film last night, much enjoyed it, especially Cate Blanchett. I told the students around me that we now had a great deal of work to correct the textbooks, which clearly have it all wrong. And I thought the landing craft marvelous. Yes, eat your heart out PRIVATE RYAN and Operation Overlord in general.Paul Hyamsnoreply@blogger.com