Baltic Pipeline Survey Reveals 17th-Century Shipwreck
Edited by Steinar Vigdel Kolnes, Editor, Oslo
An underwater gas pipeline survey uncovered a wooden sailing vessel in Germany’s Bay of Greifswald, with oak timbers dated to the early 1600s.
Survey work for an underwater gas pipeline revealed a 17th-century sailing ship in Germany’s Bay of Greifswald in 2023. The wreck lies in the southern Baltic Sea.
Tree-ring analysis indicates that the oak used in the vessel came from trees cut between 1626 and 1639. The ship was clinker-built, a construction method using overlapping hull planks.
Michał Grabowski, an underwater archaeologist at the University of Warsaw, led the rescue excavation. Bitcoin.com News also reported an object aboard that has puzzled experts, but the supplied excerpt gives no details about it.
Source: Bitcoin.com News
