Peter von Danzig (ship)

Peter von Danzig (1462)
History
Hanseatic Flag of Danzig
NamePeter von Danzig
Acquiredby Danzig, 1462
DecommissionedSecond half of the 1470s
HomeportDanzig
General characteristics
TypeCarrack
Displacementca. 1600 tons[1]
Tons burthenca. 800 tons
Length
  • ca. 51 m (167 ft 4 in) on deck
  • ca. 31 m (101 ft 8 in) keel
Beamca. 12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Height9.1 m (29 ft 10 in) without keel[1]
Draft5 m (16 ft 5 in) without keel, 5.33 m (17 ft 6 in) with keel[1]
Propulsion760 m2 (8,181 sq ft) of sails
Boats & landing
craft carried
1×7.5 m esping, 1×4.5 m boat[1]
Crew50 sailors, 300 marines
Armament18 guns

Peter von Danzig was a 15th-century ship of the Hanseatic League. The three-masted ship was the first large vessel in the Baltic Sea with carvel planking.

  1. ^ a b c d Możejko 2020, p. 8.

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