The Griffin (1495) wreck site: Gun Beds

3D Model

TWO LATE MEDIEVAL GUNS BEDS

The model (decimated) was created by Dr. Florian Huber.

A pair of Late Medieval gun beds on the wreck site of the Griffin (aka Griffin-Hound or Gribshunden) . The ship was King John I of Denmark’s flagship and sank in 1495 off the coast of Blekinge (modern-day Sweden).

The gun beds were documented along with other weaponry-related material in 2023 by Rolf Warming (Stockholm University) and Johan Rönnby (Södertörn University). Read more here (text in Swedish and English): https://sh.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1850789/FULLTEXT01.pdf

Read more about the guns from the Griffin here: https://combatarchaeology.org/guns-and-gun-carriages-aboard-gribshunden-1495/