Mora (ship)

Mora was a ship of clinker construction built at Barfleur in Normandy,[1] a gift of Matilda of Flanders to her husband William the Conqueror in the summer of 1066.

[5] Orderic Vitalis describes the ship: "it had for its figurehead the image of a child, gilt, pointing with its right hand towards England, and having in its mouth a trumpet of ivory.

[6] Mora carried multicoloured sails and at the top of the mainmast was the papal banner, consecrated and sent to William from Rome.

By naming the ship Mora, Elisabeth Waugaman suggests Matilda hoped to strengthen her husband's claims to royal legitimacy in the eyes of his many followers and potential critics.

The above three paragraphs were provided by Simon from saxonhistory.co.uk A French project announced in 2022 intends to build a seaworthy replica of Mora in Honfleur, Normandy.