The cog was a common cargo vessel in medieval Europe, especially in the Baltic and North Sea regions between the 10th and 15th centuries. It had a flat-bottomed, clinker-built design with a single mast and square sail. Cogs were found in shipwrecks across the Baltic and North Sea, and dendrochronological analysis was used to date the wooden ships. Several cogs have been reconstructed based on the best preserved wreck, the Bremen Cog from 1380, including the Ubena von Bremen and Roland von Bremen.