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Stunningly Preserved Time Capsule Ship Found
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1/21/2025
The 400-year-old wreck of a cargo ship from the Hanseatic period of trade in the Baltic Sea, complete with the barrels of lime it was carrying for the stone-building industry, has been found in a river on the northern coast of Germany.
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Maritime archaeologists in northern Germany have discovered the wreckage of a 400-year-old cargo ship that, quote,
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sank almost standing.
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In this region, wood quickly rots away underwater, and few shipwrecks of this age have ever been found.
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But maritime archaeologists think the wreck survived beneath the waves because it was quickly engulfed and
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protected by a layer of fine mud carried there by the river Trayv. This layer of river mud over the
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wreck may have also prevented it from being colonized by Pteridonivalis, a type of saltwater
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clam called shipworm, that rapidly eats submerged wood. The Mollus quickly destroys wooden wrecks in
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the western Baltic region, but it doesn't live in the colder waters of the eastern Baltic. As a result,
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centuries-old wooden wrecks like the one in the Trayv are almost never found in the west.
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The ship, a rare discovery, is from the Hanseatic period, when northern European trade guilds
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dominated the Baltic and North Seas from the 13th to 17th centuries. Historical research may have
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pinpointed the date of the shipwreck to December 1680. About 150 wooden barrels found almost intact
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on or near the wreck indicate that the ship was carrying a cargo of quicklime when it sank in the
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late 17th century. Quicklime is made by burning limestone and is a crucial ingredient for the
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mortar used in stonework. Manfred Schneider told Live Science there are still about 70 barrels in
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their original location on the ship, and another 80 barrels in the immediate vicinity. The ship
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therefore sank almost standing and did not capsize. Raising the ship from the riverbed
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will give archaeologists a chance to fully investigate the hull and its construction,
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and perhaps identify its origin. Schneider said,
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the savage will probably also uncover previously unknown parts of the wreck that are still hidden
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in the sediment, such as rooms for the ship's crew and the stern that may still hold everyday
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objects from the 17th century.
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