Bremen cog
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Bremen cog or Bremer Kogge is a wreck of a cog
dated to 1380 found in 1962 in Bremen. Today it is displayed at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven
. There are also three relatively identical Bremen cog replicas built namely Ubena von Bremen, Hansekogge and Roland von Bremen.
On 8 October 1962 during the dredging operations fragments of the ship were found in the Weser River
. It turned out to be the remnants of a cog that seems to have sunk before completion. Based on the dendrochronological
analysis of the oak timber from which the cog was built the ship was dated to about 1380 AD.
The search for more shipwreck fragments continued until July 1965 and yielded over 2,000 individual pieces of the ship. The fragments were transferred to the German Maritime Museum for preservation. In 1999 after 19 years of reconstruction the preservation was finished and the ship is now on display at the designated Koggenhalle of the German Maritime Museum.
The precise dimensions of the Bremen cog were 24m long, 8m in the beam and just over 4m high on the sides. These measurements would have produced an estimated load capacity of 130 tons.
Cog (ship)
A cog is a type of ship that first appeared in the 10th century, and was widely used from around the 12th century on. Cogs were generally built of oak, which was an abundant timber in the Baltic region of Prussia. This vessel was fitted with a single mast and a square-rigged single sail...
dated to 1380 found in 1962 in Bremen. Today it is displayed at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven is a city at the seaport of the free city-state of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It forms an enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the River Weser on its eastern bank, opposite the town of Nordenham...
. There are also three relatively identical Bremen cog replicas built namely Ubena von Bremen, Hansekogge and Roland von Bremen.
On 8 October 1962 during the dredging operations fragments of the ship were found in the Weser River
Weser River
The Weser is a river in north-western Germany. Formed at Hann. Münden by the Fulda and Werra, it flows through Lower Saxony, then reaching the historic port city of Bremen before emptying into the North Sea 50 km further north at Bremerhaven, which is also a seaport...
. It turned out to be the remnants of a cog that seems to have sunk before completion. Based on the dendrochronological
Dendrochronology
Dendrochronology or tree-ring dating is the scientific method of dating based on the analysis of patterns of tree-rings. Dendrochronology can date the time at which tree rings were formed, in many types of wood, to the exact calendar year...
analysis of the oak timber from which the cog was built the ship was dated to about 1380 AD.
The search for more shipwreck fragments continued until July 1965 and yielded over 2,000 individual pieces of the ship. The fragments were transferred to the German Maritime Museum for preservation. In 1999 after 19 years of reconstruction the preservation was finished and the ship is now on display at the designated Koggenhalle of the German Maritime Museum.
The precise dimensions of the Bremen cog were 24m long, 8m in the beam and just over 4m high on the sides. These measurements would have produced an estimated load capacity of 130 tons.