The divers informed Swedish authorities of their discovery. They also said that the champagne would not be extracted anytime soon, due to administrative restrictions.
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An unusual discovery. Polish divers announced on Wednesday, July 24, that they had found last week off the Swedish coast of the Baltic Sea a wreck of a 19th-century ship whose hold was filled “cases of champagne, mineral water and porcelain.” According to the head of the Baltictech diving group, Tomasz Stachura, there are about a hundred bottles of champagne among the objects found.
The discovery, made about 20 nautical miles south of the Swedish island of Öland, was largely a coincidence, according to divers who have been combing the Baltic Sea for years in search of wrecks. “We were exploring new places out of pure curiosity and that’s when we came across this wreck”the diver said.
Polscy nurkowie z grupy “Baltictech” na dnie Bałtyku, nieopodal szwedzkiej wyspy Olandia, odkryli około setki butelek szampana oraz wody mineralnej. Odkrycia dokonano we wraku statku, który prawdopodobnie zatonął między 1850 a 1876 rokiem. https://t.co/nvq1wgkIKd
— Redakcja Polska Polskiego Radia dla Zagranicy (@RadioZagranica) July 24, 2024
The discovery of mineral water in sealed clay bottles allowed it to be determined that the ship had sunk in the second half of the 19th century. “We managed to take pictures of a stamp on a bottle, which turned out to be that of the German brand Selters – and these prints had a specific shape at that time”explained Tomasz Stachura. The divers informed the Swedish regional authorities of their discovery. They also stressed that the champagne would not be extracted anytime soon, due to administrative restrictions.
