Overview
- The Viking Ship Museum team uncovered the wreck in the Øresund during seabed work linked to Copenhagen’s Lynetteholm project.
- Measuring about 28 by 9 meters with an estimated 300-ton capacity, the vessel is dated to around 1410 based on dendrochronology of Pomeranian planks and Dutch frames.
- Exceptional preservation includes rare rigging remains that clarify how large cogs were equipped and handled under sail.
- Archaeologists report the first clear physical evidence of raised bow and stern castles on a cog, confirming features long known only from illustrations.
- A brick-built galley and crew belongings such as shoes, combs, bowls, and rosary beads were recovered, while the missing cargo and lack of ballast indicate a heavily laden trading voyage when it sank.