Abstract horizontal lines representing a shipwreck and a text: "Warships resting in peace, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland".

Program

Monday 3rd of June 2024

09:00 – 10:00 Coffee and registration

10:00 – 10:45 Opening Ceremony

SESSION 1 Chairs Minna Koivikko and Hannu Matikka

10:50 – 11:35 Elaine Murphy ‘Come my fellow sufferers’: the experiences of women on Stuart warships (keynote)

11:40-12:00 Juha Flinkman Echoes of conflicts: Environmental legacy of Baltic Sea wrecks

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 – 13:20 Ivar Treffner Lost British warships near Saaremaa island during Estonian Independence war (19181920)

13:25 – 13:45 Niklas Eriksson Drafted for the Scanian war and sunk by its crew: Historical Archaeology of the armed fluit Constantia

13:50 – 14:10 Anna Maria Forssberg Being a sailor’s wife in 17th century Sweden

14:10 – 14:40 Coffee Break

SESSION 2 Chairs Leos Müller and Niklas Eriksson

14:40 – 15:00 Aoife Daly Timber resources for Scandinavian navies. What has dendrochronology shown?

15:05 – 15:25 Mikko Huhtamies Wrecks and archives (1550–1800)

15:30 – 16:10 Jim Hansson & Patrik Höglund Purposes, Phases and Preparations-Aspects on intentionally sunk warships at Karlskrona and Vaxholm

Tuesday 4th of June 2024

SESSION 3 Chairs Jim Hansson and Patrik Höglund

10:00 – 10:20 Riikka Alvik Naval Battles of Svensksund and Consequences of War: Lessons learned?

10:25 – 10:45 Ingvar Sjöblom Siege Warfare at Sea 1555–1570

10:50 – 11:10 Benjamin Asmussen Where Warberg Went

11:15 – 11:35 Rolf Warming Forgotten Soldiers, Forgotten Practices: Close-Quarters Combat at Sea, c.1450–1650

11:40 – 12:00 Mikko Meronen A fleet that lost the offensive operations but won the defensive campaign

12:00-13:00 Lunch Break

SESSION 4 Chairs Anna Maria Forssberg and Ingvar Sjöblom

13:00 – 13:20 Leos Müller Swedish Naval Ships Beyond the Skagerrak. In the service of neutrality 1755–1815

13:25 – 13:45 Magdalena af Hällström The Archipelago Fleet at Sveaborg 1792–1808

13:50 – 14:10 Jyrki Paaskoski Russian Naval Base in Sveaborg, 1809–1850

14:10 – 14:40 Coffee Break

SESSION 5 Chairs Sari Mäenpää and Simon Ekström

14:40 – 15:00 Peter Swart Searching for the crew of the Huis te Warmelo (1715)

15:05 – 15:25 Immi Wallin and Maili Roio Research at the wreck site of the Huis te Warmelo

15:30 – 15:50 Hannu Matikka Suomenlinna's "ancient cargo boat"

Wednesday 5th of June 2024

SESSION 6 Chairs Mirja Arnshav and Riikka Alvik

10:00 – 10:45 Johan Rönnby Archeology of sunken fleets. Reflections and suggestions (keynote)

10:50 – 11:10 Simon Ekström Arthur Hazelius's Guns

11:15 – 11:35 Markku Luoto 25 Years of Kronprins Gustav Adolf Wreckpark - Resurfacing the Visitor Experience

11:40 – 12:00 Mirja Arnshav Upcycling ship wood – a shunned heritage of the Swedish navy

12:00 – 13:00: Lunch Break

13:00 – 13:20 Dan Johansson Scepter, a story of a forgotten ship

13:25 – 13:45 Minna Koivikko Wrecks in Peace, the Underwater Cultural Heritage of Suomenlinna

13:45 – 14:15 Coffee Break

14:15 – 15:00 Panel Discussion

15:00 – 15:30 Closing Remarks for the Conference

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