Swedish timber ships

Taking on ballast

John Stewart

Swedish square riggers, loading ballast at the Ballast Quay on the Fingringhoe shore, now the site of the WW2 pillbox, opposite Cook’s Shipyard housing complex.

The ships brought timber to Wivenhoe, and for the return voyage to Copenhagen, they needed ballast to trim the ship for sailing.
In Copenhagen Harbour there is  an island made of all the ballast these ships unloaded there, when they took on a new cargo.

This page was added on 06/03/2015.

No Comments

Start the ball rolling by posting a comment on this page!

Add a comment about this page

Your email address will not be published.