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18-century ship cannons pulled out of the Black Sea

Photo: Ministry of Culture

Two iron ship cannons and dozens of artillery munitions were excavated from the bottom of the Black Sea in the last days of 2022. On December 23, a rescue expedition by the team of the Centre for Underwater Archaeology, led by its director Dr. Nayden Prahov, pulled them from the seabed off the northern Bulgarian Black Sea coast.

Preliminary analysis shows that these cannons date from the late 18th - early 19th century. They were part of the armament of a three-masted ship sunk north of Cape Kaliakra. The exact location is being kept secret for security reasons. 

In 2023 the cannons and other parts of the ship will be exhibited at the National History Museum.



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