The oldest Baltic ship found south of Stockholm –

The wreckage of a ship found in the waters near Haringer and Randiffden on the east coast of Soderten, about 25 miles south of Stockholm, was found to be the oldest cargo hold ship in the Baltic region. Wood samples recovered by maritime archaeologists from the Vrak Museum (Museum of Wreckage) recorded them until the second half of the 15th century, during which time it was still built using clinker technology, made of overlapping wooden boards instead of edges, not edges. – Edge planks with van style. It may have predated the Royal Danish warship Grib Dogit was built in 1482 by Cavill, but in the Netherlands, not in the Baltic region.

As we all know, several sunken shipwrecks were on the scene, at least since the early 19th century, and there are rumors that they were Viking ships, sinking into a battle in a battle by the King of Norway (R. 1015-1028). The saint of the patron saint and his customers had participated in it when he was a teenager. According to the Icelandic legend of King Olaf of Iceland written by Snorri Sturlason in the 13th century, Olaf’s stepfather Sigurd Syr, one of Norway’s Petty Kings, defeated Soteskär’s Viking Chieftain Sote, “Soteskär on the Swedish island.” The location of the legendary Soterscal is not recorded, but in the early 19th century, romantic writers associated it with Södertörn. This is the growth of popular belief that the wrecks in the region sank in the naval war between Szeged and Sauter.

Amateur maritime archaeologist Anders Franzén destroyed the wreck in the late 1950s and announced that he had determined that they were indeed Viking ships because their size fits exactly with the Viking ships in Oslo. With that, a lot of excitement came. Franzén had just rediscovered Vasa and was developing plans to restore it, so Norwegian Press was in the prospect of the “Olaf Holy Dragon Hull” and returned to Norway.

Obviously, this has never happened. In 2023, marine archaeologists decided to get some answers, and finally the last one. Their pigeon’s shipwreck, photographed and documented modern technology to penetrate into the dark black water. The samples they collected were analyzed for the origin and date of origin, and it turned out that none of the ships were from the Viking era. On the one hand, known shipwrecks were sometimes built, not by acquaintances, and most seemed to reach the 17th and 18th centuries. A small acquaintance of pine trees, even wood and even Norwegians, were found in Wreck 2, but the analysis of dendrites dated the historic analysis of the wood to 1700.

Wreck 5 is the largest and highest preserved ship in the ship. Its surviving oak hull is 108 feet long and 33 feet wide. The original position of the sternum and rudder is upright. About the time it was sawed off, the stumps on the main mountain survived.

The first attempt to simulate the wood samples from the shipwreck 5 failed, so the new sample was analyzed by experts from Lund University. This time, they were able to date the ship with the 1480s or the earliest 1460s and do some repairs 20 years later. The wood is cut down by Möre or Blekinge in southern Sweden.

Maritime archaeologists at the Wreck Museum will now complete their project in Harlinger Maritime Environment. After that, there is a plan to build Wreck 5 as a separate research project.

“We plan to apply for external funds for excavation,” [museum curator and project leader Håkan] Otrock said. “This ship represents an interesting connection between medieval and modern shipbuilding. It has the potential to provide us with valuable new insights to understand an important period in Swedish maritime history.”

Carvel construction technology allows for the construction of stronger and larger vessels. Many researchers believe that its emergence is a response to the introduction of cannons on board ships in the 15th century. The need for ship artillery requires ships with stability and durability, and the hull is strong enough to withstand enemy cannon shooting.