Lost Warship From Battle of Copenhagen Found After 225 Years

In 1801, the Danish-Norwegian flagship Dannebroge sank during the battle of Copenhagen. More than two centuries since the iconic battle, researchers have finally found its remains. In a statement, the Danish Viking Ship Museum in Denmark announced the discovery of both Dannebroge and the remains of those who fell in battle. The announcement came on April 2, the 225th anniversary of the shipwreck. The team of maritime archaeologists uncovered the remains 49 feet (15 meters) underwater at the seabeds near Copenhagen harbor. “We have no difficulty interpreting this as the remains of a large wooden warship,” Otto Uldum, one of the researchers on the team, said in the release. “So we are stating this with a degree of certainty that borders on absolute.” The team’s findings arrived right before the premises would close for construction of an artificial island. According to the statement, the researchers received permission to block out large parts of Copenhagen harbor to conduct “extensive surveys, diver inspections, sediment sampling, and full excavations in the area” before construction begins in earnest. Since 2020, these excavations have turned up several unknown shipwrecks, includin