ALB-Historic England-Swash Channel Wreck: Recording and In Situ Preservation (360G-cabinetoffice-G2-GA-202206810101-21-22)

The Swash Channel Wreck is the remains of a very large, high status Northwest European armed merchant ship wrecked in the approaches to Poole Harbour in the early 17th century, c.1635. The exact character of the originating ship has yet to be established, but evidence so far suggests that it was involved in deep-sea international trade, almost certainly to the tropics, as part of trading activity organised by a very large mercantile concern. Such activity marks the beginning of North Western European exploitation of connections developed during the voyages of discovery of the 16th century.