Return to the Battle of Hastings
"When the duke, William, who by right should have been crowned with the royal diadem, observed how Harold daily grew in strength, he had a fleet of up to 3000 ships hastily put together and anchored at Saint-Valéry in Ponthieu, full of vigorous horses and very strong men armed with hauberks and helmets."
William of Jumièges, Gesta Normannorum Ducum