The Cog of Skanoer will resurrect

At a depth of four metres not far from the harbour of Skanoer near Foteviken, there is a well-preserved wreck of a cog situated. This cog dates back to 1390 and it was discovered, investigated and archaeologically excavated 1992-1995 by The Museum of Foteviken. The replica of this cog, which is being built in Malmoe, will be the pride of this city. The wreck is well preserved underneath the waterline, but the other parts of the ship are severely damaged. In order to reconstruct the missing parts of the ship, the contemporary medieval iconographical material will have to be used.

The cogs were medieval merchant ships and these were used by The Hansa, which was the powerful German trade organization during the Middle Ages. The oldest written source, referring to the City of Malmoe also refers to a cog. In the beginning of the 1240-ies the archbishop of Lund, Jacob Erlandsen fought a bitter war versus the Danish king Christopher I. The Norwegian king Haakon Haakonson supported the Danish king. Haakon sailed into Oeresund leading his mighty Norwegian fleet and:

"While Haakon Haakonson had anchored his ships outside Copenhagen, he captured a cog at Malmhaugar, which was the property of Mr. Jon, the brother of the archbishop. On board this cog were men, which had belonged to the crew of the (pirate) Jarimir. King Haakon let the Danes punish these men. Some of them were beheaded and the others received other penalties." … "King Haakon kept the cog and used it for transporting horses."

On May 29th 2001 The Cog of Skanoer was launched. The task of fitting out has begun. The stern-castle and the forecastle are under construction. Soon the second cog will be launched. This is a replica of a cog discovered at Almere, in The Netherlands in 1986. Almere is situated to the east of Amsterdam. This cog dates back to the middle of the 14th.