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[[William the Conqueror]]'s invasion force force crossed to [[England]] in 1066 on a Norman variety of the cog, and this type influenced the development of the [[French]] ''nef'' (see [[Nao]].) Three centuries on, [[Edward III]]’s official royal ship was ''the Cog Thomas''.

[[William the Conqueror]]'s invasion force force crossed to [[England]] in 1066 on a Norman variety of the cog, and this type influenced the development of the [[French]] ''nef'' (see [[Nao]].) Three centuries on, [[Edward III]]’s official royal ship was ''the Cog Thomas''.

They were the vessel of choice of the [[Hanseatic League]] traders until, gradually, during the fourteenth and into the fifteenth century they were replaced by the [[hulk]]  

They were the vessel of choice of the [[Hanseatic League]] traders until, gradually, during the fourteenth and into the fifteenth century they were replaced by the [[hulk]]. Much of what we know of the vessel’s construction comes from one of these vessels - the “Bremen Cog”, parts of which were recovered from the sludge of the Weser River at Bemen, Germany, during the 1960s.

[[Category: Sailing ship types]]

[[Category: Sailing ship types]]

==References==

==References==  

*''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History'' 2007

*''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History'' 2007

*''The Medieval Sea'' Susan Rose 2007

*''The Medieval Sea'' Susan Rose 2007

*''Dictionary of Ship Types'' 1986

*''Dictionary of Ship Types'' 1986