Link shot

Link shot (one pair extended and one pair coiled) from the wreck of the Santo Christo de Castello which was a sailing ship carrying cargo -spices, cloth and general cargo from Amsterdam to Genoa. She was wrecked in a gale in October 1667 - the wreck lies in a shallow cove near Polurrian, Mullion, Cornwall.

Object Details

ID: KTP1091
Collection: Weapons
Type: Link shot
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Vessels: Santo Christo de Castello
Date made: circa 1673
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts: Link shot
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