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- Bornmalm, Lennart, 1956, et al.
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From Rustic Fishing Boats to Steel Trawlers: The development of fishing vessels on the west coast of Sweden, 1850–1980
- 2022
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In: Mariner´s mirror. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0025-3359 .- 2049-680X. ; 108:1, s. 66-89
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The article describes the development of the design and construction of fishing vessels on the Swedish west coast. This was initially locally based and gradually turned into a general international design similar for vessels of northern Europe. The article presents the major steps in this development. Local fishing boat design lasted until at least the first half of the twentieth century for the countries around the North Sea. The British sailing trawlers influenced the construction of Norwegian and Danish trawlers in the early decades of the twentieth century but had no effect on the design of the Swedish vessels despite Swedish fishing companies buying a substantial number of sailing trawlers from Britain. There were considerable differences in terms of design and equipment between the Nordic countries up to the 1950s. The predominantly wooden hull constructions changed around 1960 and were increasingly replaced with steel hulls, and from the end of the 1970s the local features became almost erased. This was due to major design companies, primarily Norwegian, constructing the fishing vessels with standardized designs for the countries around the North Sea and built at specialized shipyards.
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- Eriksson, Niklas, 1976-
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Figureheads and Symbolism Between the Medieval and the Modern : The ship Griffin or Gribshunden, one of the last Sea Serpents?
- 2020
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In: The Mariner's Mirror. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0025-3359 .- 2049-680X. ; 106:3, s. 262-276
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The Griffin or, as it was sometimes called, Gribshunden (griffin hound) was a ship that belonged to the Danish–Norwegian King Hans. The ship sank in 1495 and was one of the largest and most modern warships of its day. In 2015 a peculiar figurehead carving was raised from the wreck. It is shaped like a beast swallowing a man screaming in agony. The question is, what this sculpture is meant to symbolize? This article aims to shed light on the enquiry through placing the sculpture in a wider chronological context. Against the background of a general overview, from the dragon heads of the late Iron Age to early modern figureheads, it is argued that the sculpture raised from the Griffin was carved in a period when figureheads did not relate to the ship’s name or owner, but that the monstrous head is an expression of the spirit or character of the vessel.
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- Eriksson, Niklas, 1976-
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How Large Was Mars? An investigation of the dimensions of a legendary Swedish warship, 1563–1564
- 2019
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In: Mariner´s mirror. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0025-3359 .- 2049-680X. ; 105:3, s. 260-274
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The Swedish warship Mars was considered to have been one of the largest ships in the world when it exploded and sank in 1564. The problem is that no written accounts clearly reveal its dimensions. This article reviews how different researchers have discussed the size of Mars in the past. It also aims to shed new light on this topic by using information from the archaeological survey carried out at the wreck site since 2011. Even if the result is approximate it clearly shows that Mars was indeed an impressively large ship by sixteenth century standards, but not as large as many previous researchers have thought.
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- Land, Jeremy, 1985
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The Overseas Trade of British America: A narrative history by T. M. Truxes, Yale University Press, 2021, £30 (hb), 464 pages, illustrations, appendices, index ISBN 9780300159882
- 2023
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In: Mariner's Mirror. - 0025-3359 .- 2049-680X. ; 109:3, s. 373-375
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Review (other academic/artistic)
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- von Arbin, Staffan, 1972, et al.
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The Marstrand Cannon: The earliest evidence of shipboard artillery in Europe?
- 2023
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In: The Mariner's Mirror. - 0025-3359 .- 2049-680X. ; 109:3, s. 260-282
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Current knowledge concerning the introduction of shipboard artillery in Europe is limited. A small, muzzle-loading cast copper-alloy gun recovered off Marstrand on the west coast of Sweden may, however, provide some important leads regarding this development. Radiocarbon analysis of a piece of cloth from the powder chamber, possibly the remains of a cartouche, suggests a date for the cannon in the fourteenth century, making it probably the earliest example of European shipboard artillery found so far. In this paper we give an account of our recent investigations of this important find, which also include a geochemical analysis of the metal used for the casting of the gun.
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