Work to recover an anchor of a ship from the late 13th century Mongolian armada that tried to invade Japan is under way off the coast of Takashima island in Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture. The ...
The 13th century was a period of relative peace ... More information: Tom Cousins, The Mortar Wreck: a mid-thirteenth-century ship, wrecked off Studland Bay, Dorset, carrying a cargo of Purbeck ...
The wooden ship set sail during the 13th century, under the rule of Henry III, as per Smithsonian Magazine. The objective appears to have been transporting limestone from one port to another.
The remains of the 13th Century Mortar Wreck were discovered in ... "It's a substantial ship and had a relatively large cargo." Bournemouth University The vessel was loaded with slabs and mortars ...