Kyrenia (ship)

Kyrenia
History
NameKyrenia Ship
Launchedca. 315 BC[1][page needed]
FateSank, ca. 294 BC[1][page needed]
StatusMuseum ship
General characteristics [2]
TypeTrading vessel
Length47 ft (14 m)
Beam14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Sail planSingle square sail
Speed4–5 knots (7.4–9.3 km/h; 4.6–5.8 mph)
Crew4

Kyrenia is a 4th-century BC ancient Greek merchant ship that sank c. 294 BC.

Kyrenia's wreck was discovered by Greek-Cypriot diving instructor Andreas Cariolou in November 1965 during a storm.[1][3] Having lost the exact position, Cariolou carried out more than 200 dives until he re-discovered the wreck in 1967 close to Kyrenia (Keryneia) in Cyprus. Michael Katzev, a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, directed a scientific excavation from 1967 to 1969. Katzev later became a co-founder of the American Institute of Nautical Archaeology. The find was extensively covered in a documentary by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation titled "With Captain, Sailors Three: The Ancient Ship of Kyrenia". The ship itself was very well preserved with more than half its hull timbers in good condition.

After it was raised from the seabed, it found a new home at the Ancient Shipwreck Museum in Kyrenia Castle, where it remains on exhibit.[4]

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