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With a length of 28 meters and a width of nine meters, the medieval ship is the world's largest of its kind.
In connection with the construction of Lynetteholm, a 600-year-old ship was discovered and salvaged off the coast of Copenhagen. See how much it cost.
Massive Medieval Cog Ship Discovered off Denmark: The ‘Emma Maersk’ of the Middle Ages
An extraordinary archaeological find has been uncovered off the coast of Copenhagen: a 600-year-old shipwreck now identified as the largest cog ship ever discovered. Researchers estimate that the vessel was capable of carrying as much as 300 tons of cargo, making it a significant landmark in maritime history.The ship, named Svælget 2, lay untouched for around six centuries at a depth of 13 meters in the Øresund Strait. Marine archaeologists from…
Archaeologists have found the wreck of the largest known medieval merchant ship, just off Copenhagen. The ship is a so-called kugger and has been lying on the seabed off Copenhagen for six centuries, dating back to the time when Margrethe I was in power in Denmark. The ship, named Svælget 2, was 28 meters long, 9 meters wide and 6 meters high, and is believed to have been able to carry about three hundred tons. The longest kugger found so far wa…
A shipwreck found in the Øresund off Copenhagen in 2023 has turned out to be the world's largest so-called cog. Studies have confirmed this, the Viking Ship Museum writes in a press release. The cog, which is the name for an advanced type of ship used for trade in the Middle Ages, was found in the waterway between Amager and Saltholm during preliminary studies for Copenhagen's new district of Lynetteholm. Since the discovery, archaeologists have…
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