[Regia-NA] Alfred's ships

[Martin Field]

I cannot recall the source but rather than using his navy in fruitless
search and destroy missions I believe Alfred had his ships moored in
estuaries in a lie and wait tactic.
I believe when a threat became apparent some were tied off stem to stern
blocking rivers and waterways.
Cheers
Martin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Boulton" <chris.boulton at ntlworld.com>
To: "list-Regia-NA" <list-regia-na at lig.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [Regia-NA] Alfred's ships


> Thomas Jordan wrote:
> > I thought Alfred was unsuccessful on the sea against the Vikings. Does
> anyone know if there is some hydrodynamic explanaton for this?
>
> In all honesty I doubt it, or if so, probably not enough to make a very
> significant difference. It's notoriously difficult to manouver a fleet of
> sailing ships at sea to bring them into contact with the enemy, most
> especially if your ships are not very efficient at tacking against the
wind
> and you don't even hear about where the enemy is until days after they got
> there.
>
> The Vikings had all the advantages, in that they could turn up "out of the
> blue" as it were, and Alfred's ships then had to hear of where they were,
> then wait for a favourable wind, then sail to wherever it was only to find
> the Vikings had been and gone.
>
> It must've been horribly frustrating.
>
> Chris.
>
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