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Roman Vessel Recovered

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Oct 17, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 41.

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Roman Vessel Recovered

A Roman vessel which has been lying under the mud at the bottom of the Thames River for 1,700 years has been safely deposited at Kensington Palace. This Roman barge is of oak, and weighs close upon thirty tons, and the protective shell which the English have built around her brittle timber weighs another eight tons. It was a great task to get her undamaged to her new home, but it was safely accomplished. There is no other specimen in the world of a Roman ship with which to compare her.