Back in 2022, the wreck of a medieval ship was found under Lootsi Street near the old harbor of Tallinn, Estonia. It is usually called, in English, the Lootsi Cog. Tree-ring dating shows it was built not long after 1360.
Incidentally this kind of event, old ships found underground near old harbors, is common, because much land has been reclaimed in such places, and sometimes old hulls were intentionally buried as part of that process.
The ship was cut into three sections for transport to the maritime museum.
Reassembled.
Scan of the surviving hull, and detail.
With ghostly reconstruction of the missing upper portion. This is a cool find, but I started researching this because I saw a headline that said the ship is "amazingly well preserved," when actually it has about the usual degree of preservation for a medieval shipwreck. Sigh.
Compass found in the ship, one of the oldest in Europe.
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