The naval battle fought on the night of Epiphany January 1156 between Somerled and Godred II of Man was the decisive naval action of the twelfth-century Hebrides. Somerled had modified his galleys with stern rudders giving them superior manoeuvrability over the Norse longships. The resulting division of the Hebrides created the political geography that would shape the Lordship of the Isles for the next three centuries.
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