US EditionSunken Medieval Cargo Ship Found–The Largest Vessel of Its Kind Ever Found
Svaelget 2, dating to 1410, measures 98 feet and could carry 300 tons, revealing medieval trade scale and advanced shipbuilding, maritime archaeologists said.
- Danish maritime archaeologists from the Viking Ship Museum uncovered Svaelget 2 in the Øresund off Copenhagen, the world's largest medieval cog measuring nearly 92 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 19 feet high.
- Tree-Ring dating indicates the timbers were felled around 1410, pointing to Pomeranian oak and Dutch frames, while cogs were built to carry bulky cargos like timber and bricks for long-distance trade.
- Preservation revealed both ship equipment and everyday crew belongings, with the starboard side buried over 42 feet deep preserving timbers and rigging, plus a brick-built galley with around 200 bricks, 15 tiles, bronze cooking pots, and ceramic bowls.
- Archaeologists say the discovery is a milestone that lets researchers study medieval ship construction directly and provides proof of high castles and a surviving sterncastle, Otto Uldum said.
- Although much was preserved, researchers say at least one mystery remains about the cargo, while the ship's open hold and lack of ballast suggest it was heavily laden and showed no military activity.
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For 600 years, the waters off Copenhagen have hidden an exceptional secret. Now, maritime archaeologists from the Viking Ship Museum in Denmark reveal the discovery of the world’s largest “cog,” a medieval cargo ship whose size and previously unknown construction details offer new insight into the maritime technology and trade networks of the Middle Ages. […] The post Sunken Medieval Cargo Ship Found–The Largest Vessel of Its Kind Ever Found app…
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