Some ships have been dug up, or raised from the seabed, including the gigantic Roman state ship which lay in Lake Nemi in central Italy, the famous Viking ships of Gokstad and Oseberg in Norway and Roskilde in Denmark, a cog at Bremen, which is at present undergoing restoration in the German maritime museum, and the royal ship Wasa, which sank in Stockholm harbour in 1628. Another possible source is the stock of original and dockyard models, which can be relied upon for absolute accuracy. The most famous collection of this type is probably the British "Admiralty models", which represent almost the entire British Royal Fleet in the form of splendidly worked models. They cover a period of a century starting around 1660-70, and no types are omitted. There are other models of the highest quality covering a very wide range of ships, although not including a compete series encompassing any particular period. These are to be found in Holland, Belgium, France, Spain, Sweden, the USA and Italy, and in quality they are by no means inferior to the British examples.
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