Sensational Find In Sweden: Sister Ship Of The “Vasa” Discovered

By David Sadler

Specialists have discovered a large shipwreck from the 17th century off Stockholm. Its story has to do with another ship that now forms the core of a world-renowned museum.

Marine archaeologists have discovered a sunken 17th-century warship in Stockholm’s archipelago. It is the wreck of the “Äpplet” (The Apple), the sister ship of the “Vasa”, as the wreck museum “Vrak” announced.

Among other things, technical details and wood samples have confirmed that the ship that was sunk in 1659 had actually been found. This is a discovery that is unique in the world.

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