Gribshundsbänken - Ronneby, Sweden
N 56° 13.839 E 015° 15.532
33V E 516048 N 6231780
The figure head from the shipwreck Gribshunden is reproduced here as a bench
Waymark Code: WM15R1H
Location: Blekinge, Sweden
Date Posted: 02/13/2022
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The figure head from the shipwreck Gribshunden is reproduced here as a painted, wodden bench.
Located by rest area in Ronneby. Artist Caspar Stubbe Teglbjaerg.
Gribshunden (Griffin-Hound) was a Danish warship, the flagship of John, King of Denmark (r. 1481–1513). Gribshunden sank in 1495 off the coast of Ronneby.
In the 1970s, a diving club found the wreck at a depth of 10 m (33 ft). The ship attracted international media attention when a near perfectly-preserved wooden figurehead, weighing about 250 kg of a mythical beast was recovered from the stem and brought to the surface. Suggestive of the ship's Gribshunden name, the chimeric figurehead is described as a dog- or dragon-like sea monster with lion ears, devouring a person in its crocodilian mouth.
Gribshunden is one of the best-preserved wrecks from the late medieval period.
At Blekinge Museum you can see the original figurehead Gribshunden.
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