Final report on the remains of four new vessels found in the ancient harbour of Naples (Italy, end of the 2nd c. BCE and end of the 2nd d. BCE and end of 3rd centuries CE).

Between 1999 and 2016, the preventive archaeological excavations undertaken before the construction of the station lines 1 and 6 of the metro of Naples in Piazza Municipio provided new evidence on the coastal landscape overlooking the ancient harbour basin. These investigations led to the discovery of the remains of seven wrecks dating back to the Hellenistic era and to the Roman Empire (Napoli A-H). This paper will present a preliminary study of the architectural characteristics of the four wrecks uncovered in 2013-2015 in the passageway (area 4) connecting the metro stations to the modern touristic harbour (Stazione Marittima) and will suggest hypotheses concerning the function of the original vessels.