16/06/2026
🚢🇩🇰 Denmark and India join forces to search for the the first known Danish ship to reach India. 🔍🌊
Denmark and India have launched a joint underwater archaeology project to locate the remains of the historic Danish ship Øresund, which sank near Karaikal on India’s coast in 1619(400+ years ago). The vessel holds a special place in history as the first known Danish ship to reach India.
The project is being carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India and the National Museum of Denmark’s maritime heritage center in Copenhagen. Using modern, non-invasive technology, researchers hope to find and document the shipwreck and learn more about the early maritime connections between Denmark and India.
Photo: Rijksmuseum(Here you can see a Dutch yacht of the same type as the ship "Øresund". Detail of a painting from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. )