Launched 1599 Salvaged 1963 Rare Item Sixteenth Century HMS RIKSWASA

Description

1599-1623 Part of a deck beam from 16th century HMS RIKSVASA, one of only twenty-five pieces taken and prepared from the salvaged deck beam.
1599-1623 A RARE ITEM SALVAGED FROM SWEDISH KING KARL IX ADMIRALSHIP RIKSVASA (RIKSWASA)
1599-1623 A RARE ITEM SALVAGED FROM SWEDISH KING KARL IX ADMIRALSHIP RIKSVASA (RIKSWASA)
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Description
THIS VERY RARE ITEM WAS TAKEN AND PREPARED FROM A
DECK BEAM SALVAGED 1963 (see photo) FROM THE
16TH CENTURY SWEDISH ADMIRALSHIP RIKSVASA
(RIKSWASA), WHICH WAS LAUNCHED 1599.
SHE SERVED FOR MANY YEARS AND AMONG OTHER
OPERATIONS, TOOK PART IN THE SIEGE OF RIGA IN
1621, BUT CAUGHT FIRE AND SUNK OF DJURHAMN
IN THE STOCKHOLM ARCHIPELAGO 1623.
PLEASE NOTE, THIS PIECE, BEING ONE OF ONLY
TWENTY-FIVE TAKEN FROM THE SALVAGED DECK
BEAM, WAS
NOT AFFECTED BY
SWEDEN's HERITAGE CONSERVATION ACT
,
DUT TO A HIGH DEGREE OF STATE COMMITMENT
IN THE SALVAGE OPERATION
AND AGREEMENTS BETWEEN INVOLVED PARTIES.
THERE ARE THEREFORE NO LEGAL ISSUES TO CONSIDER
OFFERING THIS RARE AND COLLECTIBLE PIECE TO
ANYONE INTERESTED IN MARITIME HISTORY.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT METAL THE PLAQUE ON THE SIDE IS,
BUT TRANSLATED FROM SWEDISH IT READS AS FOLLOWS:
"part of a deck beam from RIKSVASA
built 1599 wrecked 1623 salvaged 1963
by the Nahlin brothers"
THE SECOND ONE ON THE BOTTOM SEEM TO BE SOME KIND
OF CELLULOSE MATERIAL AND IT READS AS FOLLOWS:
"this piece of blackoak comes from RIKS VASA
RIKS VASA was launched 1599 at Blasieholmen
in Stockholm and was shipwrecked in the
Stockholm archipelago 1623.
In 1964 the ship has partly been salvaged.
The salvage was conducted by the diving
brothers Erik and Sven Nahlin in cooperation
with the Swedish Maritime Museum.
The position where she was found was shown
by Anders Franzen, the man responsible for the
salvage of the regalship Vasa."
THE SIZE OF THIS PIECE IS AS FOLLOWS,
WIDH - 12.5cm (5inch)
LENGTH - 14.5cm (5 3/4inch)
HEIGHT - 4.3cm (1 2/4 inch)
IT WEIGHTS APPROX. 400grams.
THERE IS A SMALL HOLE DRILLED ON TOP PROBABLY FOR USE AS
A PENHOLDER, AND A CRACK IN THE WOOD, ORIGIN UNKNOWN.
ALSO, IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER, THERE IS WHAT APPEARS TO BE
A KIND OF "STAMP" IN THE WOOD DEPICTING THE SHIP, HER
NAME RIKSVASA AND THE YEARS 1599-1623.
ON THE BOTTOM THERE IS A SHALLOW RECTANGULAR HOLE
THAT SEEM TO BEEN BURNT, AGAIN, ORIGIN UNKNOWN.
THERE ARE ALSO 4 PROTECTIVE "FEET" COLOUR GREEN.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE THERE IS A NUMBER SEQUENCE "01/25"
INGRAVED OR STAMPED IN THE WOOD.
ACCORDING TO MY MOTHER THIS MEANS THAT 25 PIECES
WERE TAKEN FROM A SALVAGED DECKBEAM, PREPARED,
NUMBERED AND PRESENTED TO VARIOUS KEY
INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THIS HISTORIC PROJECT,
ONE BEING MY LATE FATHER.
Thank you,
Anders Mikael Magnusson
Vaxjo, Sweden
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About Us
AS I HELPED MY MOTHER MOVE TO A NEW HOME,
WE CAME ACROSS AN OLD BOX AND FOUND THIS
PIECE. THUS SHE RECALLED HOW MY FATHER
ONCE CAME IN POSSESSION OF IT,
(I WAS TO YOUNG TO REMEMBER).
ACCORDING TO HER, MY FATHER WAS GIVEN THIS
PIECE IN THE MID SIXTIES AS GRATITUDE FOR
SERVICES HE AS A CONSULTANT PROVIDED
IN THE EXCAVATION AND PARTIAL SALVAGE
OF THIS ONCE MIGHTY WARSHIP.
AFTER CONSULTING WITH MY MOTHER WE DECIDED
TO OFFER THIS PIECE OF MARITIME HISTORY TO
ANY COLLECTOR WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED.
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