Early/Mid 13th Century Ship Found Off the West Coast of Sweden

[MiddenMonster]

No good pics in the article; the interesting thing is that there is evidence of an "intense fire", which some are speculating is the work of pirates. I didn't know that medieval pirates were a thing--at least a big thing but but according to the article, they were. That leads me to ask what the likelihood would be of gold, jewels or other valuable cargo on a 13th century ship in the Sweden neighborhood? There are no plans to explore the wreck further, so I'm guessing the likelihood is not very high. And I'm guessing the cost of salvaging and preserving a ship that has been under water for this long is astronomical, so it's probably not going to be explored any time soon, even by the archaeologists.

Medieval ship found off the west coast of Sweden

 

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[ARC]

There were many reasons / causes of an "intense fire" on a ship...

"Pirates" is once again the Archies reaching into that fantasy imagination world again.

Unless of course there is some form of written documentation of such to back this theory up.

 

[traveller777]

No good pics in the article; the interesting thing is that there is evidence of an "intense fire", which some are speculating is the work of pirates. I didn't know that medieval pirates were a thing--at least a big thing but but according to the article, they were. That leads me to ask what the likelihood would be of gold, jewels or other valuable cargo on a 13th century ship in the Sweden neighborhood? There are no plans to explore the wreck further, so I'm guessing the likelihood is not very high. And I'm guessing the cost of salvaging and preserving a ship that has been under water for this long is astronomical, so it's probably not going to be explored any time soon, even by the archaeologists.

Medieval ship found off the west coast of Sweden

Or perhaps the fire wather on the ship fell asleep and an ember popped out and started a fire. Or maybe an intentional fire on a funeral ship. Or pirates.

 

[Red_desert]

Archaeologists will want to do dives, as steps to study, at their own pace.

 

[traveller777]

Archaeologists will want to do dives, as steps to study, at their own pace.

Would be neat to be involved in that.

 

[Red_desert]

Archaeologists will want to do dives, as steps to study, at their own pace.

Would be neat to be involved in that.

Yes, that could be very interesting.

 

[traveller777]

Yes, that could be very interesting.

Why I metal detect. For the history.

 

[MiddenMonster]

Would be neat to be involved in that.

Yes, that could be very interesting.

As someone who doesn't dive, what would be the more fascinating and compelling aspects to diving this wreck? Would it be the age? The difficulty? The risk? Potential treasure? I would think chances are slim to none of identifying a wreck this old. So when you consider wreck sites all over the world that could be dived, what about this wreck would draw your interest.

 

[traveller777]

As someone who doesn't dive, what would be the more fascinating and compelling aspects to diving this wreck? Would it be the age? The difficulty? The risk? Potential treasure? I would think chances are slim to none of identifying a wreck this old. So when you consider wreck sites all over the world that could be dived, what about this wreck would draw your interest.

The history. And solving the mystery of what happened the day the ship sank. I hate unsolved mysteries.

 

[Red_desert]

Knowing more about the older sailing ships and what artifacts might be found. No diving, no artifacts found, getting to it later maybe artifacts to see later.