About this jug
Location:
Den Helder - Texel, Netherlands
Netherlands
Long/Lat:
53.06036, 5.05086
Notes: In 1984 a wreck was found at the bottom of the Waddenzee east of the island of Texel. The wreck turned out to be a Dutch merchant ship with a cargo of wheat from the Baltic Sea that was still in good condition. The Scheurrak SO1, as the wreck was called, was wrecked in a storm just before the year 1600. A possible candidate for that storm was a violent storm that passed over the Texel Roads during Christmas night 1593, causing 44 ships to wreck. The Texel Roads was the most important hub in Northern Europe where merchant ships converged. The wreck was excavated between 1987 and 1997. It was the first large underwater excavation in the Netherlands.
Several types of weaponry were found in the Scheurrak SO1 wreck . Amongst them were four iron cannons (so-called gotelingen) and five small gun carriages (with three wheels). The ammunition of the cannons varied from 6-8 cm - they are 2, 3 and 4 pounders. Seven arquebuses and some muskets were also found.
A special linstock, used for firing cannons, has been found in the wreck. This linstock is special because it is has a poem on its rim, with the name of the poet. Bymy cornelis clasoon van block dick ffff anno 1590. A gunner named Corneliszoon Claesz van Westerblokker lived in Blokdijk, a small village near the city of Hoorn. A beautifully decorated trumpet with inscription Lissandro Milanese me fecit Genua 1589 has been found too.
Height: 47.00
Max-width: 34.00
Feature description: Sharve of a bartmann jar with the year '92
Identifier: SO1-37002
Custody: Museum
Custody Data: Museum Batavialand
