Maritime

Nossa Senhora da Consolação (1608)

A Portuguese shipwreck, possibly the Nossa Senhora da Consolação, lost due to an attempted seizure during the course of the 1608 Dutch blockade and siege of Mozambique Island, was found on Cabeceira reef, Ilha de Moçambique, in the Province of Nampula, Republic of Mozambique, in 2001 during a systematic treasure-hunt survey of the area by a commercial firm.

Ngomeni

© J. Sharfman, Kenya archaeology training

The Ngomeni shipwreck is located close to the Kenyan shore, in shallow water in Ras Ngomeni, within the Kilifi county close to Malindi. The shipwreck has been identified as a Portuguese vessel which sank in the 15th or 16 centuries, at a time where the Portuguese controlled the Western Indian Ocean trade.

Nao Espadarte (1558)

Artifacts from the Nao Espadarte shipwreck (http://www.koh-antique.com/sebastian/sebastian.htm)

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Nanyang Shipwreck (1380s)

Nanyang Shipwreck Plate

The Nanyang shipwreck, located in Malaysian Territorial Water was found ten miles from Tiomo island. The construction details noted thus far, which include transversal bulkheads joined with wooden dowels, indicate a South China Sea type ship. The length of the vessel appears to be 18 meters and the beam 5 meters and it may have carried as much as 10,000 pieces of pottery, primarily celadon from the Sisatchanalai kilns, many of them showing scars from the use of spur discs.

Museum of the Island of Mozambique

Museum of the Island of Mozambique (http://musim.org.mz/musim/)

The Museum of the Island of Mozambique was established in 2004, combining three existing museums, including the Maritime Museum, which was established in 1972, located on the Palace of São Paulo. On permanent display there are several objects recovered during underwater surveys conducted in the 60s in several shipwrecks off the coast of Nampula.

After its re-opening in 2009, the collection at the permanent exhibition of the Maritime Museum has also been integrated with some underwater archaeological finds.

Maritime Museum

The Brunei Darussalam Maritime Museum was opened in March, 2015. It is located on the banks of the Brunei River, where the ancient city of Brunei was situated from the 14th to 17th centuries. Within three different galleries, the exhibition demonstrates the Sultanate’s role as a centre of flourishing trade in ancient times.

Maritime Museum

Due to its position in the Persian Gulf within the Arabian Peninsula, Kuwait has always taken part in the maritime routes in the region. The Kuwait Maritime Museum has been open to the public since January 2010. On exhibit are artifacts and ship materials as well as wooden traditional ships, marks and remains of Kuwaiti seafaring from different ages.

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.

Lena Shoal Junk (around 1490)

© Franck Goddio/ Hilti Foundation

The junk Lena sank around 1490 during the Ming-Dynasty in the reign of the Emperor Hongzhi. The Lena shipwreck was discovered in 1997 at a depth of 48 meters.  She was wrecked on a reef and sank off the island of Busuanga, in the Philippines, one of about 7,000 islands, reefs and sandbanks in the area.

Koh Sdach Shipwreck

Discovered in 2006 by fishermen off the southwest coast of the Kiri Sakor district, the shipwreck lies in 30 m of water. Cooking pots with lids, storage jars with four loop-handles of different sizes, basins, bottles, dishes, plates, mortars, porcelain and celadon bowls were found on the site of the wreck. The analysis of these artefacts indicate that they could date from 1428 to 1482 AD, the ceramics probably originating from the Mae Nam Noi kilns in Singbori province and the Si Satachanalai kilns in Sukhothai province, both in Thailand.

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