Subject: [Help!] Request for help in Naval Combat :)
From: "Ranma Al'Thor" <ranma@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 11/8/1996, 3:11 PM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com
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I am writing a story which contains multiple naval battles.  I need 
people who actually know something about naval battles with Sailing and 
Oared ships who can look at the battles and tell me if they actually make 
any sense :)

I'm also looking for answers to the following questions:

1.  What kind of tactics did the Anglo-saxons use in naval combat?  
2.  Do Fingernails burn?  
3.  What is the name of Hel's ship made from the fingernail clippings of 
the dead?  (Don't laugh, this is a real norse myth)
4.  Exactly WHEN did the Romans abandon the use of oared ships like Triremes?
5.  Anyone know any good books on 5-6th century naval combat?
6.  Which way does the wind blow in the English Channel during December?
7.  There is no question #7.




John Walter Biles :  MA-History, Ph.D Wannabe at U. Kansas         
ranma@falcon.cc.ukans.edu      bailesu@komodo.hacks.arizona.edu  
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