The Loss of the Gribshunden (1495) and Preliminary Archaeological Investigations
Guest post on Gribshunden by Rolf Fabricius Warming
Gribshunden, also known as Gripshunden, and Griffone, was a large Danish warship employed in the fleet of King John I (Danish: Kong Hans) who reigned in Denmark from 1481 to 1513. Gribshunden appears in some of the earliest Danish fleet records and is amongst the first Danish vessels to be described as a carvel.
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