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Title: Dutch 15th-century cog raised
Post by: Duncan Head on February 13, 2016, 05:49:26 PM

Video at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35568700

Title: Re: Dutch 15th-century cog raised
Post by: Jim Webster on February 13, 2016, 07:09:03 PM

It'll be interesting when they get all the sizes and draw up a scale plan of her :-)

Title: Re: Dutch 15th-century cog raised
Post by: rodge on February 14, 2016, 08:55:55 AM

I know that making a massive metal frame and slings and raising such a find is now commonplace but it still impresses me that archeologists and engineers achieve this.
I look forward to seeing her when she is in the museum.

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