The 14th century ship was “loaded to the brim with champagne, wine, mineral water and porcelain”. A team of Polish divers has found a “treasure” in the Baltic Sea, inside a ship that sank in the 19th century. According to the news agency The Associated Press (AP), the vessel was “loaded” with historical artifacts, including 100 bottles of champagne. “We found a 19th century sailing ship in very good condition, loaded to the brim with champagne, wine, mineral water and porcelain. We saw more than 100 bottles of champagne and baskets of mineral water in clay bottles”, explained Tomasz Stachura, from the Baltictech diving group, adding that the discovery took place off the coast of Sweden, about 37 kilometers south of the island of Oland. Stachura, who has been a diver “for 40 years”, said that “often there are one or two bottles”, but “discovering a shipwreck with so much cargo is something new”. Despite the champagne, the mineral water was the discovery “that turned out to be the most interesting”, since in the 19th century, “mineral water was treated almost like a medicine and only reached royal tables”. In fact, it was the discovery of the mineral water that made it possible to discover when the ship sank. The divers were able to discern, through an engraving on the clay packaging, that they were bottles from the German producer Selters. “Thanks to the shape of the seal and with the help of historians, we know that our shipment was produced between 1850-1867. Interestingly, the ceramics factory where the water was bottled also exists, and we are in contact with them to find out more details,” said the diver. The divers have already alerted the Swedish regional authorities about the discovery, but recovering the artefacts will take time. “The ship was there for 170 years, so leave it there for another year, and we will have time to better prepare for the operation,” explained Stachura. (RM-NM)Source: Rádio Moçambique Online
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