Overview
- An international Södertörn/Stockholm University team documented the Gribshunden wreck photogrammetrically at about ten meters depth and recovered new material earlier in October.
- Divers recovered a wooden munitions box that contains casting molds, lead plates and tools used to make lead shot for early hand firearms, showing organized shipboard ammunition production.
- Archaeologists also recovered exceptionally preserved riveted chainmail fragments, which are the second mail garment found on the wreck and point to labor‑intensive, high‑quality armor manufacture.
- Project leaders say the finds strengthen evidence that German Landsknechte served aboard and that the 1495 flagship was outfitted as a modern late‑15th‑century warship with mixed artillery and small arms.
- Conservation and detailed analysis of the wood, metal and associated material are now under way, and the international team expects those studies to clarify shipboard logistics and the craft techniques used on the vessel.