Stockholm. On a historic shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, divers make a discovery that surprises them. Also because of the extent of the discovery.
O shipwreck one to sendfully loaded with Champagne bottles and German mineral water, have this discovery Polish Divers off the Swedish coast, at the bottom of the Baltic Sea made. The 19th-century wreck was “completely loaded with cases of champagne, mineral water and porcelain,” Tomasz Stachura, head of the Baltictech diving company, told AFP. The ship’s cargo, which survives to this day, includes about 100 bottles of fine French sparkling wine.
“I’ve been diving for 40 years and it’s common to have one or two tanks,” Stachura said. So big demand But he “never” found champagne.
Shipwreck at the bottom of the sea almost 170 years ago
Stachura and his colleagues had to Shipwreck last week, about 20 nautical miles south of the Swedish Öland Island Discovered. It was actually a chance discovery, Stachura said. “We were exploring new places out of pure curiosity and we came across this wreck.”
One of the champagne bottles found in the wreckage of the ship.
© DPA Images | Tomasz Stachura
According to Stachura, this could be determined by the mineral water transported in sealed clay bottles. To send had died in the second half of the 19th century. “We also managed to photograph the brand of a bottle, which turned out to be the German brand Selters,” said the diver. The engraving had the usual shape of the time.
Stachura and his colleagues informed the Swedish authorities of their discovery. champagne Therefore, it cannot yet be recovered due to official requirements. “It has been there for 170 years, so we can leave it there for another year – more time to prepare for this operation,” the diver said.
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