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Since its discovery in 2002, the remains of the mid 15th-century clinker built Newport Medieval Ship have been excavated, cleaned, documented, modelled, and are now midway through conservation treatment. Digital documentation methods, including laser scanning and contact digitising, were used extensively to record the hull timbers. Te manufacture and assembly of a 1: 10 scale physical model of the vessel remains has provided both construction sequence information and a suitable foundation from which to reconstruct the missing or damaged areas. Te physical model was then digitised and a set of lines extracted and faired using Rhinoceros3D software. Te lines were turned into a digital model representing the original hull form and analysed in a related modelling software plug-in called Orca3D, which has been used to determine the hydrostatic and hydrodynamic characteristics of the modelled hull form. Te use of the abovementioned advanced digital modelling software has allowed archaeologists to accurately characterise the capabilities, capacity, and seaworthiness of the original vessel.