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SEA-ING GHOSTS Spooky 400-year-old ‘ghost ship’ found perfectly preserved in icy waters off coast of Finland
The Sun ^ | 9/14/2020 | Charlotte Edwards, Digital Technology and Science Reporter

Posted on 09/14/2020 1:55:22 PM PDT by packrat35

A SUNKEN ship has been found in almost perfect condition despite spending 400 years underwater.

Divers made the mysterious discovery while exploring the Baltic Sea off the coast of Finland.

The divers, from the non-profit Badewanne team, have come across shipwrecks before but never one as old and undamaged as the Dutch merchant vessel.

The ship has been dated back to the 17th century.

It dates back to a time when the Dutch Empire spanned five continents, becoming an economic superpower that was single-handedly responsible for half of Europe’s shipping by 1670.

The ship is called a 'fluyt', a type of vessel designed to carry maximum cargo with only a few crew.

Even though a lot of these ships were used back then, few examples remain today.

The shipwreck was found near the mouth of the Gulf of Finland.

It was around 280 foot (85 metres) below the surface.

(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: ancientnavigation; balticsea; dutch; finland; godsgravesglyphs; holland; middleages; navigation; netherlands; renaissance; ship; shipwreck
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Cool find
1 posted on 09/14/2020 1:55:22 PM PDT by packrat35
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To: packrat35; SunkenCiv

ping


2 posted on 09/14/2020 1:58:52 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (#wwg1wga #Godwins - What is scarier then offensive words? Not being able to say them..)
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becoming an economic superpower that was single-handedly responsible for half of Europe’s shipping by 1670.

All monopolies eventually end.

3 posted on 09/14/2020 1:59:56 PM PDT by Raycpa
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4 posted on 09/14/2020 2:07:18 PM PDT by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor

Ship’s Captain last words:

“You’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat”


5 posted on 09/14/2020 2:13:15 PM PDT by dakine
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To: packrat35

Great vid, at link.


6 posted on 09/14/2020 2:14:14 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: packrat35

I heard they found Keith Richard’s father on board... and he was still alive!


7 posted on 09/14/2020 2:15:56 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: packrat35

Was it the Flying Dutchman


8 posted on 09/14/2020 2:16:19 PM PDT by Licensed-To-Carry (MAGA, and build that wall, and buy Greenland now.)
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“almost perfect condition”

Um, I think it needs a bit of sprucing up to make it seaworthy.


9 posted on 09/14/2020 2:16:41 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: Licensed-To-Carry

I remember him from Spongebob.


10 posted on 09/14/2020 2:20:18 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (White Lives Matter: We're trained Capitalists.)
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To: Licensed-To-Carry

Nope, the Floundering Dutchman.


11 posted on 09/14/2020 2:27:38 PM PDT by sevlex
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A SUNKEN ship has been found in almost perfect condition

So.. umm .. if it was in “perfect” condition then why did it sink?

12 posted on 09/14/2020 2:27:49 PM PDT by rhinohunter (FAUCI MUST GO!!!)
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...the Dutch Empire...was single-handedly responsible for half of Europe’s shipping by 1670.

I knew the Dutch were big sea-going traders, but had no idea of that fact. That is astonishing. My ancestors on my grandfather's wife's side were from the southern Baltic and the towns there were very wealthy from the extensive international trade.

13 posted on 09/14/2020 2:30:21 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward time.")
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To: packrat35

A ghost ship usually means a ship that is still afloat but abandoned, like the Mary Celeste.


14 posted on 09/14/2020 2:44:17 PM PDT by KamperKen
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What it might have looked like before it sank..
15 posted on 09/14/2020 3:10:26 PM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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That boat is in better shape than the Titanic!


16 posted on 09/14/2020 3:11:07 PM PDT by PrairieLady2
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To: Raycpa

I just got finished reading “Samurai William” about the first Englishman to survive in late 16th/early 17th century Japan.

In the late 1500s, some Dutch merchantmen did try to get to Japan by going East, and did hit storms before giving up and heading West and South down Africa.

Losses did occur.


17 posted on 09/14/2020 3:30:49 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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Maybe it is the one that delivered the Plague to England a few years before it sank. Any chance it was sunk during the war at that time between England and Holland?


18 posted on 09/14/2020 3:41:22 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: rhinohunter

LOL!!! Bermuda Triangle North?


19 posted on 09/14/2020 3:44:02 PM PDT by gr8eman (Stupid should hurt! Treason should hurt more!)
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To: KamperKen

You’re correct, I think this is just a sunken boat.


20 posted on 09/14/2020 5:46:16 PM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.5 6)
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