Schatzschiffe und Schiffswracks

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Vor der Küste von Kent hat man das Wrack des englischen Linienschiffes Northumberland (wieder-)gefunden, welches dort 1703, während des sogenannten "Großen Sturmes" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_storm_of_1703), gesunken ist. Bei diesem Sturm, einem der schlimmsten Sturmereignisse im Kanal und über Südengland, starben wohl an die 2.500 Seeleute auf mehreren dutzend Schiffen...

English warship sunk in 1703 storm gives up its secrets three centuries on

Race against time to study HMS Northumberland as shifting sands expose part of well-preserved wreck off Kent. [...] The English warship HMS Northumberland was built in 1679 as part of a wave of naval modernisation overseen by Samuel Pepys, a decade after he had stopped writing his celebrated diary and gone on to become the Royal Navy’s most senior administrator.

Twenty-four years later, after the ship had taken part in many of the major naval battles of its day, it was at the bottom of the North Sea, a victim of the Great Storm of 1703, one of the deadliest weather disasters. [...] The survey, funded by Historic England, which oversees protected wreck sites around the country, found that much more of the ship’s hull remains than was previously thought, potentially making the wreck of the Northumberland one of the best-preserved wooden warships in the UK. Other artefacts detected on the seabed include copper cauldrons, seven iron cannon and part of a wooden gun carriage.

As more of the Northumberland is revealed, however, archaeologists say they are in a race against time to learn all they can from what has been called a “Stuart time capsule” before its timbers are claimed by the sea.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025...rchaeology

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