Gribshunden 1495

[Smithbrown]

They are making terrific discoveries on the Gribshunden
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/b...DvYuEC1s3-yLGp1V8-GU73U6vusS77-Tpr3ul0Gv5iRU4
gribshunden.se

 

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[MiddenMonster]

They are making terrific discoveries on the Gribshunden
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/b...DvYuEC1s3-yLGp1V8-GU73U6vusS77-Tpr3ul0Gv5iRU4
gribshunden.se

Wish I could read Swedish. This wreck is going to be featured on NOVA tomorrow night, and hopefully there will be a lot of good information coming out about it.

 

[Salvor6]

When I clicked on the link my browser went to Google translate.

 

[xaos]

While they call it the Vulture Dog....it really is basically a Griffen...

Swedes are very fond of Griffens...and even named their fighter jet the Griffen....

The OP is an updated portion of the article...the original article is below...

May 21..

New excavations are now beginning at the wreck Gribshunden, which sank in 1495. During the first day, a 4.1 meter long cannon was found.

The vulture dog sank outside Stora Ek? in the Ronneby archipelago in 1495, but the wreck was not discovered until the 1960s.

Already on the first day, a find was made, a cannon that was 4.1 meters long. Cannon lavett is the position on which the cannon itself was placed.

- As far as we know, it is the longest found in the Baltic Sea ever. And the largest from the 15th century, says Marcus Sandekjer at Blekinge museum.

The galleon figure was salvaged
In 2019, excavations were made at the wreck, and then a drink stop and a ring from a ring armor were found.


Time for new excavations at the wreck Gribshunden
UPDATED 20 MAY 2021 PUBLISHED 19 MAY 2021
New excavations are now starting at the Gribshunden wreck in the Ronneby archipelago. A team of researchers and divers from six countries will for three weeks look for objects that can tell more about the 15th century ship.

For three weeks, an international research team will carry out new dives on the wreck Gribshunden, outside Stora Ek? in the Ronneby archipelago. There, the Danish flagship has rested on the bottom for over 500 years.

The first dives at the wreck were made in 2019 and several finds were made. Among other things, a drinking stop, a ring from a chain mail and a kind of firearm.

International team
In 2020, only a small survey was conducted due to the corona pandemic, but now new dives will be made over a three-week period. Divers and researchers from Sweden, Denmark, the USA, England, Italy and Croatia will carry out the surveys.

- It is clear that we are very excited about what we will find this time, says marine archaeologist Brendan Foley at Lund University, who is the scientific leader for this year's investigations.

The ship's galleon figure was salvaged in 2015 for conservation as one of the world's oldest preserved figurine heads.
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/blekinge/nya-utgravningar-pa-vraket-gribshunden

 

[Smithbrown]

It is a Danish ship; when it sank, these were Danish waters. Sweden expanded at Denmark's expense over the 16th and 17th centuries.

 

[islamoradamark]

Thats some history there