Numenorean ships

[Vorondil]

What sort of ships did the Numenoreans use? I'm thinking they might have used something like a carrack.

A 15th century painting of a carrack.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Recent related thread:

👁️Sauron's Plans & Númenórean populations

Okay, so what was Sauron's plans post Valinor invasion? Just declare himself King of Númenor too? Go back to Mordor? Bask in his glory as high priest of Númenor while raking in the tributes from Middle-Earth? It kinda just seems like his plans ended when the ships left and he just happened...

thetolkien.forum

I originally brought up the Ming here:
Post in thread 'Crafting of the Knives from the Barrow Downs' https://thetolkien.forum/threads/crafting-of-the-knives-from-the-barrow-downs.23859/post-519651

 

[Sword&Sorcery]

From the book “The Fall Of Numenor”- illustration by Alan Lee.

 

[Aldarion]

What sort of ships did the Numenoreans use? I'm thinking they might have used something like a carrack.

A 15th century painting of a carrack.

I actually wrote on naval warfare in Middle Earth:

Navy in Middle-Earth

Despite not featuring prominently, navy and naval operations play a significant role in Tolkien’s Middle Earth. In the First Age, elves of Feanor come to Middle Earth from Valinor across the …

warfantasy.wordpress.com

Might be of help. But in short, yes, carracks are definitely possible and even likely as one of ship types Numenoreans were using.

 

[WatcherWraith]

As I am also curious about this, I will sometime soon look up ships of a time period and culture as similar to the Númenóreans as I can and post my theories when possible.