Note 461 — Chapter X

Camden describes Kiulæ as a general name for all Saxon vessels. Other writers say that Kiula meant “long ships,” i.e., men of war, or galleys, whatever might be their precise shape. Keel now represents a description of barge which has long been in use in the north of England, and especially on the Tyne, built to hold twenty-one tons four hundredweight, or a keel of coals.