Ferriby Boats
Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).
Key facts
| Name | Ferriby Boats | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Ship type | museum ship, shipwreck | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | United Kingdom | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Sea / ocean | North Sea | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | England | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 3 km from land |
| Position | 53.7126, -0.5060 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
The Ferriby Boats are three Bronze-Age British sewn plank-built boats, parts of which were discovered at North Ferriby in the East Riding of the English county of Yorkshire. Only a small number of boats of a similar period have been found in Britain and the Ferriby examples are the earliest known sewn-plank boats found in Europe, as well as the oldest known sewn-plank boats in the world outside of Egypt.
Location
- Recorded position: 53.7126, -0.5060 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: North Sea
- Nearest coast: England
Wreck positions on this site are for interest only and are not for navigation. Many wrecks are war graves or legally protected: never disturb human remains or remove artefacts, and check local law before diving.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Ferriby Boats (revision 1374343239), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby wrecks
- HMS Falmouth 1916 · 41 km
- Filey Bay Wreck 56 km
- MS Piłsudski 84 km
- SM UC-70 1918 · 91 km
- La Combattante 108 km
- HMS Cobra 1901 · 110 km
Browse more: UK & Ireland wrecks · wrecks off England · North Sea