The idea of strengthening the sides of vessels with iron to resist attack originated with tbe Normans ia the twelth century, •who put an armature or belt of iron round their vessels just above the water line. The Crusaders of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries protected their ahipa in a similar manner. Pedro of Aragon in 1350 had the sides of hia vessel covered with leather or raw hide, and the Knights of St John covered theic vessel with plates of lead.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5274, 3 June 1895, Page 2
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