The F32.6 Helena wreck constitutes the remains of the 19th/20th century Rewa operated punt named Helena, which sank in March 1945 as a result of military activities of the Soviet Army. Cataloguing works conducted on the site resulted in identification of an oak hull of a sailing vessel with carvel planking, e...

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The F53.7 wreck constitutes one of the two remains of the Swedish ship „Solen”, which sank during the Battle of Oliwa in 1627. The explored structure of the wreck was carried to a new site at the Bay of Gdańsk, off the coast of Gdynia Orłowo, and deposited at a depth of 15 meters. The larger part of the...

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The F53.17 wreck constitutes a part of the stern of a large ship made of oak wood. The design features and the results of dendrochronological analysis indicate that the vessel was built most probably in the mid-18th century. The wreck was displaced relative to its primary location. The object is located on ...

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The F53.21 wreck constitutes the remains of a side of a sailing ship made of oak wood at the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century. The wreck was displaced relative to its primary location. A part of the hull of a ship made of oak wood, of 10 meters in length and 4.5 meters in width, is pr...

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The F32.9 wreck constitutes the remains of partially preserved flat-bottomed vessel of ca. 21 meters in length and ca. 5 meters in width, most probably used in the local transport between the ports of the Bay of Gdańsk. The elements recognized on the ship include: oak wood staves of plating laid edge to edge...

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The F53.12 wreck constitutes the remains of flat-bottomed vessel made of pine wood (bottom plating) and oak wood (floor timbers, ship’s sides) which might have served as port lighter (reload vessel) or might have been used in goods shipping between the local ports of the Bay of Gdańsk. The ship was 23-25 m...

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The F53.20 wreck constitutes the remains of flat-bottomed inland vessel or auxiliary port lighter of at least 19 meters in length and ca. 5 meters in width, used in the second half of the 16th century. The ship’s total length amounts to at least 19 meters. The wreck is lying upside down on the seabed. The...

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The F33.3 wreck, „Wicher” constitutes the remains of destroyer (torpedo boat destroyer) ORP „Wicher”. The warship was built in France and began the service in the Polish Navy in 1930, where the ship served as a flagship until 1937. The ship was bombarded by the German aircrafts on 3 September 1939 at ...

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The F53.26 West B wreck constitutes the remains of a sailing ship with carvel planking (staves laid edge to edge) built from pine and oak wood in the 1st half of the 17th century. The identified object is approx. 10 meters long and 3 meters wide. The actual length of the wreck is bigger due to the fact that a...

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The F53.18 West A wreck represents the remains of a side of a sailing ship with carvel planking (edge to edge), 22 meters long with 12.5 meters visible on the surface of the sandy seabed, and 3.5 meters wide. The vessel was built from pine wood, most likely at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. The wre...

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The F54.3 De Jonge Seerp (W-27) wreck constitutes the remains of the Frisian „kuff” which sank in the Gulf of Gdańsk in 1791. The site covers the area of more than 2000 m2 and includes the bottom part of the ship’s structure and the so-called concentration 1 located ca. 40 meters to the south-east, con...

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The F53.22 wreck includes parts of starboard side from the turn of 15th century. The fragment of ship’s side is over 20 meters long in, and is clinker-laid, where the staves of planking overlapped one another and were fastened with iron rivets. The ship’s side also includes timbers, panelling staves, shee...

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The F53.3 (W-25) wreck constitutes the remains of a 3-mast sailing ship made of oak wood, of over 29 meters in length and 9 meters in width. The estimated capacity (deadweight) of the vessel totals at least 150 lasts (300 tons). The shape of the wreck differs from the most frequently observed underwater arc...

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The F53.9 wreck constitutes the remains of flat-bottomed barge (lighter) used for coastal shipping, and communication and reloading of goods between the port and ships in the roadstead. In the vertical projection the wreck can be seen as flat wooden structure of spindle-like shape consisting of oak staves of...

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The F53.25 wreck constitutes the remains of the bottom part of sailing ship preserved as 8-meter oak keel, pine and oak floor timbers, 9-cm-thick pine staves of planking and damaged, massive, multi-element keelson of over 8 meters in length with characteristic mast seat in the form of two rectangular opening...

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The F53.13 wreck constitutes the remains of bottom part of wooden sailing ship. The staves of planking, up to 7 cm thick, laid edge-to-edge were recognized, as well as densely mounted floor timbers and parts of 6-cm-thick staves of formwork. The wreck comprises neither the keel nor the keelson which were torn...

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The F53.6 SOLEN (W-6) wreck constitutes the remains of a Swedish ship “Solen” (the Sun) which sank on 28 November 1627 during the Battle of Oliwa. She was a galleon of over 30 meters in length, with a deadweight of ca 150 lasts, built with employment of a carvel technique (staves of planking fastened edge...

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The F53.31 ROCK WRECK constitutes the remains of a small sailing vessel with a transom stern, of a dozen or so meters in length, clinker-built after 1831. The ship was built from oak wood from Gdańsk Pomerania. The ship sank near Gdynia Redłowo, 2.5km from the shore with a cargo of stones (rocks) of less th...

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The F53.14 HARBOUR WRECK constitutes the remains of a large sailing vessel, at least 30 meters in length, built from oak wood. The estimated capacity (deadweight) of the vessel totals at least 150 lasts (300 tonnes). Most probably, the vessel was built in the first decade of the 19th century, certainly after ...

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The F53.30 Glass wreck constitutes the remains of the 17th century merchant ship constructed of oak wood under carvel technique – staves of planking were laid edge-to-edge. The site covers the area of 200 m2 - 25 meters in length and over 7 meters in width. Mainly the bottom part of the structure survived. ...

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The F53.4 LORELEY (W-23) wreck constitutes the remains of a merchant ship of a barque type, built in Rostock in 1863. The ship sailed under the German flag, and Rostock was her home port. Loreley was built from oak, an underwater section of the hull was additionally zinc-plated which served as protection of ...

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The F53.27 PORCELAIN WRECK (W-2) constitutes the remains of a 20-meter long sailing vessel, built in the first half of the 19th century from spruce and pine wood, which presumably came from the area of Gotland. The wreck consists of wooden structural elements, such as the remains of the ship's sides and ...

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The F53.5 (W-21) wreck constitutes the remains of a sailing ship, most probably a warship built from oak with employment of a carvel technique (staves of planking fastened edge to edge). A bottom part of the midship area was preserved in the shape of a keelson with a mast step, side beam reinforcements in the...

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