![]() The divers took samples of wood samples from the latest wrecks to be discovered, which will be sent to a laboratory for dating. They are believed to have been sunk deliberately when they were decommissioned, serving as underwater spike strips for enemy ships. “We think that some of them were sunk in the area,” said Patrik Hoglund, another maritime archaeologist and diver at the newly established Museum of Wrecks. Three other ships – Applet, Kronan and Scepter – were ordered from the same shipwright, and all served in the Swedish navy and participated in battles. The ship was salvaged in 1961 and is on display at Stockholm’s Vasa Museum, one of Sweden’s most popular tourist spots. It was meant to have been a symbol of Swedish military might, but capsized and sank less than a mile into its maiden voyage in 1628. ![]() Vasa, named after one of Sweden’s kings, was a 69-metre vessel equipped with 64 cannons. ![]() The two wrecks were found in the Swedish archipelago outside the town of Vaxholm in a strait leading into Stockholm. ![]()
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