Peter von Danzig (ship)

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.

This article is about the ship. For the 15th-century German fencing master, see Cod. 44 A 8.
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

Career

Peter von Danzig was built at the French west coast and originally named Pierre de la Rochelle or Peter van Rosseel. The ship arrived in Danzig in 1462, carrying sea salt from the Atlantic. While she anchored in roadstead, she was damaged by lightning.

The ship lay inactive for a while in Danzig harbour, but was eventually seized and changed over to a warship in 1469 after the Hansa had declared war on England.

Between August 1471 and 1473 Peter von Danzig operated in the North Sea under captain Paul Beneke, hunting English merchantmen with a letter of marque and securing Hansa convoys. After the Treaty of Utrecht (1474), the ship undertook several trade trips abroad, before she appears to have been decommissioned in the late 1470s.[2]

See also

References
  1. Możejko 2020, p. 8.
  2. Jochen Brennecke: Geschichte der Schiffahrt, Künzelsau 1986 (2nd ed.) ISBN 3-89393-176-7, p. 62

Sources
  • Jochen Brennecke: Geschichte der Schiffahrt, Künzelsau 1986 (2nd ed.) ISBN 3-89393-176-7, p. 62
  • Propyläen Technikgeschichte (Ed. Wolfgang König): Karl-Heinz Ludwig, Volker Schmidtchen: Metalle und Macht. 1000 bis 1600. Berlin, Frankfurt/Main 1992 (2nd ed.) ISBN 3-549-05227-8
  • Możejko, Beata (2020). Peter von Danzig: The Story of a Great Caravel, 1462-1475. leiden: BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-40844-9.
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