Ship Wreck

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

Hey Dalene,did'nt MIke tell you that he thinks he may have been part of the cargo that landed here.... and give Mariaan a tinkle on the email if you are going to stay here ... okay

[Alexandre]

Let's go back in time... :)

1) a pewter cup;

2) a navigational divider;

3) a gunpowder horn;

4) a sword hilt

[Alexandre]

5) a spanish gold coin - a "doble excelente de oro" from the Catholic kings, minted 1494 till mid-16th century;

6) an overview of the wreck site;

7) timbers from the wreck;

8) a bronze mortar

[Alexandre]

9) a collection of padronized weights;

10) a frying pan;

11) drawing timber;

12) sword scabbard tips and musket ball

[Alexandre]

13) musket cleaning rods;

14) a Portuguese copper coin;

15) rope coiled around ship's timber;

16) raising an outboard strake.

[Bertie Horak]

Wow, thanks Alexandre! 

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Thanks Alexandre, great pictures

[georg ruf jr.]

Fantastic.

[Michael Alexander]

Yep! Yep! Impressive stuff..... guess it would be fair to say that the real work only starts now!

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

Hi Alexandre,talking about muskets,i saw some nice musket balls removed,hate to get shot with them though  

[Michael Alexander]

@Alexandre'...what about some photo's from the lisbon photo exhibition?

[Michael Alexander]

For those of you who had been following this epic tale of the Oranjemund Wreck., you would have heard that, prior to the initial wreck being discovered, about 6 months prior, Andy found a junk of wood a few km's north of the current wreck.... being the true sailor that he is, he knew it was part of a wooden vessel and recovered the item.... here are some snaps from that mast...

[Michael Alexander]

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