Haithabu 1
Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).
Key facts
| Name | Haithabu 1 | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Ship type | Viking ship | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nearest coast | Germany | Natural Earth (public domain) |
| Position | 54.4967, 9.5705 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
The Hedeby 1, also known as the Ship from Haithabu Harbour, was a Viking longship that was excavated from the harbor of Hedeby, a Viking trading center located near the southern end of the Jutland Peninsula, now in the Schleswig-Flensburg district of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Diving & visiting
It was one of three ships that were pulled up from the harbor of Hedeby with the initial discovery of the ship being in 1953 when a diving team recovered timbers from the floor of the harbor. Excavation would not continue until 1979 when a group of archaeologists under the direction of Ole-Crumlin Pedersen picked up the project and finished the excavation. To do so the team built a temporary dam around the site and pumped the water out from around the site. To dig up the items without both injuring the items and themselves a system of beams and planks were used to cross the bottom of the harbor's floor.
Location
- Recorded position: 54.4967, 9.5705 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Nearest coast: Germany
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Hedeby 1 (revision 1370718151), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “Discovery of the ship”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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