""The find is a milestone for maritime archaeology. It is the largest cog we know of, and it gives us a unique opportunity to understand both the construction and life on board the biggest trading ships of the Middle Ages," says Otto Uldum, maritime archaeologist and excavation leader."
""A ship with such a large cargo capacity is part of a structured system where merchants knew there was a market for the goods they carried," he notes. "Svælget 2 is a tangible example of how trade developed during the Middle Ages.""
Maritime archaeologists from the Viking Ship Museum in Denmark discovered a large 15th-century cog in the Øresund between Denmark and Sweden. The wreck, named Svælget 2, was located during seabed investigations connected to Copenhagen's Lynetteholm development project. The vessel dates to around 1410 and measures approximately 28 metres long, 9 metres wide and 6 metres high, with an estimated cargo capacity of about 300 tons. The preservation of a large portion of the hull allows examination of construction details usually lost when only lower hull remains survive. Large cogs supported organised medieval bulk trade and could be sailed by relatively small crews.
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