Deep - sea archaeologists have discovered what they say might just be the best - preserve shipwreck from the Early Modern Period ( late 15th to other sixteenth century ) , or " Age of Discovery " .
The remains of a ship were found on the ocean trading floor of the Baltic Sea by the Swedish Maritime Administration ( SMA ) in 2009 , but thanks to oeuvre carried out by sight specialiser at MMT , archaeologist at the University of Southampton in the UK , and others , it can now be seen in its full nimbus – or at the very least , depicted in a ghostly greenish photogrammetric model .
The " okänt skepp " ( Swedish for " unknown ship " ) is thought to prey infamous ship such as Henry VIII’sMary Rose(1510 - 1545 CE ) andMars , a Swedish combat ship that bury in an explosion during the First Battle of Öland ( 1564 CE ) . It is rarified , the researcher say , to notice a precursor to the larger ( and more powerful ) vessels used in the Northern Seven Years ' Wars ( 1563 - 1570 CE ) in such good condition .
" This ship is modern-day to the clock time of Christopher Columbus and Leonardo Da Vinci , yet it demonstrates a noteworthy level of saving after five hundred years at the bottom of the ocean , thanks to the frigid , brackish waters of the Baltic , " Dr Rodrigo Pacheco - Ruiz , MMT ’s marine archeologist and deep - ocean archaeological expert , said in astatement .
" It ’s almost like it sank yesterday – mast in place and hull inviolate . Still on the main deck is an incredibly rarefied uncovering : the tender boat , used to ferry crew to and from the ship , incline against the mainmast . It ’s a truly astonishing sight . "
Remarkably , the hull structure of the ship is bear on from the keel to the top deck , as prove in the photogrammetric model . The masts , the bowsprit , and even some part of the standing rigging are intact , while it is still possible to make out the wood capstan , a bilge ticker , and a underlying grace traverse stern – not to mention the ship ’s swivel hitman , place upright on the gun pack of cards .
This specimen is just the later wreck inquire in coaction with MMT and the University of Southampton . In sum , over 65 shipwrecks in the Black Sea have been survey , some whose origins go back to Ottoman , Byzantine , Roman , and Greek times .
