Gribshunden
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Gribshunden or Griffen (English: "Griffin-Hound" or "Griffin"), also known by several variant names including Gribshund, Gripshunden, Gripshund, Griff, and Griffone, was a Danish warship, the flagship of Hans (John), King of Denmark (r. 1481–1513). Gribshunden sank in 1495 after an explosion while in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Ronneby in southeastern Sweden; the ship is one of the best-preserved wrecks yet discovered from the late medieval period.
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- Swedish Navy
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- ship launching
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Gribshunden or Griffen (English: "Griffin-Hound" or "Griffin"), also known by several variant names including Gribshund, Gripshunden, Gripshund, Griff, and Griffone, was a Danish warship, the flagship of Hans (John), King of Denmark (r. 1481–1513). Gribshunden sank in 1495 after an explosion while in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Ronneby in southeastern Sweden; the ship is one of the best-preserved wrecks yet discovered from the late medieval period.
==History== thumb|King Hans of Denmark and Norway, depicted on a relief at the National Museum, Copenhagen The first mention of this ship by name comes from a letter dated 16 May 1486, in which Hans, King of Denmark and Norway, noted his location as "in navi nostra Griffone", Latin for "in our ship Griffon". Gribshunden and its variant names were then subsequently recorded in the Danish fleet's ship lists from 1487 to 1495.
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