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 Post subject: Wreck of the Svärdet
PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:54 pm 
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This is a bit earlier than our period, but here is some amazing video of the wreck of the Svärdet (The Sword), which went down in the Baltic in 1676:

vimeo.com/32136638


More info and photos here: http://www.deepsea.se/productions/ancie ... discovered

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 Post subject: Re: Wreck of the Svärdet
PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:44 am 
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A little more about the Svärdet, and the situation surrounding her loss:

http://www.ocean-discovery.org/thesword.htm

You'll probably have to enlarge it to read comfortably!

She looks an interesting find and, together with Kronan, means that Swedish marine archaeologists have their hands full!

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