Press release:
Line ship Printz Friderich 1761 have been found at Læsø
The night between 29 and 30 September 1780 wrecked one of the Danish Navy prides Læsø. The 52-meter Danish line ship Printz Friderich sank with 667 male and 70 cannons, when it ran aground on Copper reason at Læsø. Officers and crew were in poor weather during the three days rescued on Læsø. Partly in line ship's own boats and partly by both land. Only 6-8 man crew were lost.
The wreck was later forgotten and only by a persistent year-long search for the diving Kim Schmidt, it has now been found. Kim Schmidt and Underwater Group has searched more than 104 km2 of seabed with side-scan sonar and magnetometer and dip of more than 200 anomalies on the seabed around Læsø, to find the wreck.
From the wreck is recorded objects that determines the wreck origin. They will be part of Læsø Museum's special exhibition for 2019 on "Shipwrecks and wrecks at Læsø". Stories involving many destinies and angles.
Underwater Group Aps by Kim Schmidt will now together with Læsø Museum and Museum Bangsbo seek to raise funds for further studies and picking up objects. Wreck woodwork is much degraded by borers, but the ballast stones and sand, it is expected to find guns and equipment.
From first dive on the wreck procession Kim Schmidt brass kåreskæfter, lead musketerkugler and lead plate with the royal crown. Underwater Group website there is a link to an interesting report on the Line ship Printz Friedrichs shipwreck, based on the subsequent War Lawsuit Against master Commander Lous and officers. The article was published in Læsø Museum's Annual Review for 2013.
More info at Kim Schmidt - 20422983 and www.undervandsgruppen.dk
Kim Schmidt is also a member here of SOS under the nickname @A.schmidt
A wonderful POF scratch model of the danish 70-gun ship Printz Friderich under construction by our member Karl Ingwer we are able to show in this topic:
https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...-ship-of-the-line-1-48-by-karl-i-malcha.2530/
Line ship Printz Friderich 1761 have been found at Læsø
The night between 29 and 30 September 1780 wrecked one of the Danish Navy prides Læsø. The 52-meter Danish line ship Printz Friderich sank with 667 male and 70 cannons, when it ran aground on Copper reason at Læsø. Officers and crew were in poor weather during the three days rescued on Læsø. Partly in line ship's own boats and partly by both land. Only 6-8 man crew were lost.
The wreck was later forgotten and only by a persistent year-long search for the diving Kim Schmidt, it has now been found. Kim Schmidt and Underwater Group has searched more than 104 km2 of seabed with side-scan sonar and magnetometer and dip of more than 200 anomalies on the seabed around Læsø, to find the wreck.
From the wreck is recorded objects that determines the wreck origin. They will be part of Læsø Museum's special exhibition for 2019 on "Shipwrecks and wrecks at Læsø". Stories involving many destinies and angles.
Underwater Group Aps by Kim Schmidt will now together with Læsø Museum and Museum Bangsbo seek to raise funds for further studies and picking up objects. Wreck woodwork is much degraded by borers, but the ballast stones and sand, it is expected to find guns and equipment.
From first dive on the wreck procession Kim Schmidt brass kåreskæfter, lead musketerkugler and lead plate with the royal crown. Underwater Group website there is a link to an interesting report on the Line ship Printz Friedrichs shipwreck, based on the subsequent War Lawsuit Against master Commander Lous and officers. The article was published in Læsø Museum's Annual Review for 2013.
More info at Kim Schmidt - 20422983 and www.undervandsgruppen.dk
Kim Schmidt is also a member here of SOS under the nickname @A.schmidt
A wonderful POF scratch model of the danish 70-gun ship Printz Friderich under construction by our member Karl Ingwer we are able to show in this topic:
https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...-ship-of-the-line-1-48-by-karl-i-malcha.2530/