Assigned values - 0=not Island; 1=Island; 2=Island with at least one deep harbor

 

When the Templar fleet left France a few days before Friday October 13, 1307 where did they go? Not only were the Templars powerful soldiers but they had built a strong and fast fleet to carry the pilgrims and to support their trading. They knew they could not defend themselves on the mainland where they could be attacked by foot soldiers. So they headed to ports on islands that were friendly toward them. To take an island from a well-defended enemy requires a much larger force of ships and men and the loss to the invaders is surely going to be high.

 

Alderney

Bahrain

Bornholm

Capri

Corfu

Corsica

Crete

Cyprus

Djerba

Elba

Gibraltar (special case perhaps)

Guernsey

Isle of Man

Isle of May (in the Firth of Forth  - it is reported that nine ships of the Knights Templar landed here in 1309 after departing La Rochelle and may have supported Robert the Bruce and turned the tide at Bannockburn)

Malta

Mauritius

Montecristo

Rhodes

Sardinia

Sark

Seychelles

Sicily