Archaeologists have unearthed the largest-ever medieval “super ship” dating back to the 1400s, a discovery that prompts a rethink of the scale of medieval trade across northern Europe.
The ship, named Svaelget 2 after the channel off of Copenhagen, Denmark, where it was found, measures 28m long, 9m wide and 6m high, which is about the length of two school buses and nearly the width of one.