ベトナムで大砲発見・引き揚げ

ベトナムのThua Thien-Hueの近くから大砲５門が発見されました。これは地元の漁師が発見したもので現在ベトナムのＵＮＥＳＣＯが保持しています。どれも２５０Ｋｇで、１６２－１７５ｃｍの長さがあります。大砲はNguyen（グエン）朝（１６４８－１６８７）時代に作られたものだと考えられていますが、１８８３年にフランス・スペインがベトナムを攻撃した際に沈没した船に積まれていたものだと考えられています。

Five ancient cannons, and some cannon balls have just been found in Thuan An port, Thua Thien Hue province.

According to the Thua Thien-Hue Revolutionary History Museum, these five cannons and cannon balls were discovered by fishermen in Tan An village, Phu Vang district, Thua Thien Hue province.

Nguyen Huu Hoang, a member of the Vietnamese UNESCO Antique Research and Collection Club, on May 22 bought the four brass copper cannons from fishermen.

The cannons weigh 250kg each. Each cannon has designs around the top, the middle of the body and the end. The near-end part has Latin letters. Two cannons are 175cm long. The other two are 162cm in length.

According to researcher Ho Tan Phan, these cannons date back to the Nguyen Dynasty (1648 – 1687). Deputy director of the Thua Thien-Hue Revolutionary History Museum theorised that these cannons could have been on ships of French or Spanish origin which were wrecked when attacking Hue imperial city in 1883.

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