Swedish Divers Discovered 17th-Century Warship Applet

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Marine archaeologists from Sweden have discovered a 17th-century shipwreck. The warship dubbed Äpplet (Apple) is the long-lost sister vessel of the warship Vasa, which reportedly sank off Stockholm in 1628.

A well-known marine archaeologist named Jim Hansson, Museum of Wrecks, said it was exceptionally well preserved when they reached the wreck. They also saw that the hull had been sticking up from the seabed about 7–8 meters, so they were swimming around on the lower gun deck.

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