W149, IJsselmeer, Netherlands

3D Model

In 2018, the Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency and Periplus Archeomare did a geophysical survey of the east coast of the IJsselmeer. Before the 20th century, this area was part of the Zuiderzee and a shipping lane to Amsterdam. Many ships have stranded here as a result of bad weather conditions (strong NW winds). The survey yielded a high density of (visible) wrecks: 1/km2. In 2022, several of those wrecks were inspected by the archaeological diving team of the cultural heritage agency. W149 is currently under investigation, so there are no dendrochronological results yet. The bottomplanks are flush laid, but the boards are clinker built. The bilge has a very steep angle and the sternpost (which was found further east) is very steep and straight. There are archaeological layers preserved, indicating that the ship was loaded with grains. Due to the short nature of the inspections, the whole shipwreck wasn’t filmed for 3D modelling, so there are area’s with missing data.