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Identity 'Swash Channel Wreck' revealed as Dutch vessel


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Identity of so-called Swash Channel Wreck revealed as Dutch merchant vessel named The Fame

After more than a decade the identity of a 17th Century ship wrecked off the Poole coast has been revealed.
The so-called Swash Channel Wreck was discovered in a sand and shingle bank outside Poole Harbour in 2004.
Experts believe it to be a Dutch merchant vessel named The Fame which foundered in a storm in March 1631.
The wreck is significant not only because of its age, but also because of its distinct carvings, indicative of high status and wealth

Links:
Dutch: https://erfgoedstem.nl/17e-eeuws-scheepswrak-gevonden-engelse-kust/
English: http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/15181641.Revealed__Identity_of_17th_century_ship_wrecked_off_the_Poole_coast/

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The thing that striked me is, although its age, the remarkable condition of the woodcarvings considering the location where it was found.
The waters around England, Netherlands etc. do tend to have more microorganisms and oxygen in their waters then for instance
scandinavian waters.

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Strange thing is that the RUDDER, of all things, had a carved head. Like on capstans and various bits of furnishings, that's pretty cool. But they clearly had such a fine vessel that they felt obliged to furnish the bloody rudder, damn son!

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10 hours ago, _Masterviolin said:

Strange thing is that the RUDDER, of all things, had a carved head. Like on capstans and various bits of furnishings, that's pretty cool. But they clearly had such a fine vessel that they felt obliged to furnish the bloody rudder, damn son!

Indeed a curious thing you would say, although it was more or less common to adorne larger British and Dutch traders in every aspect (that included rudders) with ornaments to display the splendour and to impress 'natives' overseas presumably for the benefit of trading and 'keeping them in line' ;)
This rudder however indeed looks from a different standard especially considering the size.

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