Re: Query: Ballast on 17th century ships

Kerryn Offord wrote:
Could anybody point me to easily accessible references on ships
ballast for warships and transports.

Danish and French Navy... in the early 1600s

In the 1700's the danish navy used gravel, stones, kentledges,
old cannon


I'll look for some 1600's references.


OK

In 1964 iron bars from the galley of Enhjørningen (Unicorn)
was recovered from Jens Munk's wintering site at Churchill
River in Canada.

http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1SEC881206

Move forward until you get to the arctic sites.

Enhjørningen was a Danish brig with 18 12pd cannon build 1605.

Enhjørningen was scuttled by the 3 survivors of the ill-fated expedition
before they sailed Lamperen back across the Atlantic.


Cheers
Soren Larsen


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