Longquan (1400s)

Longquan Shipwreck plate (http://www.maritimeasia.ws/exhib01/pages/p009.html)

This wreck was discovered in 63 metres of water, 23 nautical miles from the coast. The ship may have exceeded 30 metres in length with a beam of 8 metres, making her one of the largest wooden wrecks discovered in the South China Sea. She reflected the 'South China Sea' type; hull planks and transverse bulkheads were joined with wooden dowels.

The ceramics on site at discovery are estimated to have numbered 100,000 pieces, fifteen times the volume of the Turiang. These are estimated to be 40% Chinese, 40% celadon from Sisatchanalai and 20% underglaze ware from Sukhothai. The date of the shipwreck cannot be specified, however it appears to be somewhere later than the Nanyang wreck (1380s).

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