A 170 - twelvemonth - erstwhile shipwreck overflowing with Europe ’s finest champagne and mineral piss has been found off the coast of Sweden .
Around 100 bottles of the ripple booty were discovered earlier this month by the Baltictech diving group just 37 kilometers ( 20 nautical knot ) to the south of the Swedish island of Öland in the Baltic Sea .
" The whole wreck is loaded to the brim with crates of champagne , mineral water , and porcelain , " Tomasz Stachura , diver and leader of the Baltictech Team , said in a statement commit to IFLScience .
Divers recently explored the bottle-laden shipwreck near Sweden.Image courtesy of Tomasz Stachura/Baltictech
" I have been diving for 40 twelvemonth , and it often happen that there is one bottle or two … but to give away a shipwreck with so much load , it ’s a first for me , " said Stachura .
While the champagne bottles might be the newspaper headline - snatcher , it ’s the mineral water that book the great historical significance . In the 19th century , mineral water was value for its therapeutic benefit and became a stylish drink for Europe ’s rich and famed .
It was stored in seal clayed feeding bottle , providing a vital hint about the vessel ’s history . The shape of the stamp signal that the bottles were produced between 1850 to 1867 by the German company Selters , famed for its raw mineral weewee source from the Taunus stack , north of Frankfurt .
Another view of the shipwreck loaded with bottles from the 19th century.Image courtesy of Tomasz Stachura/Baltictech
" We handle to take scene of the brand name stamped on a clay bottle , which turned out to be from the German party Selters , produced to this day . The logo had this accurate shape during that period , " explained Marek Cacaj , an submersed videographer at Baltictech .
Additionally , the porcelain onboard the shipwreck was made by a ceramic factory that still exists , so the team has made contact with the companionship to unearth more selective information .
The diver have notified Swedish regional authority about theshipwreckand are working with marine archeologists at Södertörn University on a project to return to the web site . However , they were great to point out that recuperate the alcoholic treasure will take time “ due to administrative restriction . ”
" It had been lying there for 170 eld , so have it lie there for one more yr , and we will have time to intimately train for the operation , " explain Stachura .
Though always intriguing , champagne bottles have been find among several sunken ships from the nineteenth and early 20th centuries . In 2010 , a radical of divers find out a shipwreck containing 168 bottle of champagne near Finland ’s Åland archipelago . Researchers eventasted the 170 - year - old potable , describing it in terms of “ beast notes , ” “ pixilated haircloth , ” and “ cheesy . ” Fancy a tipple ?
There are even champagne bottles on the crash of theTitanic . Despite the immense pressure found 3,800 meter ( 12,500 feet ) below the ocean surface , the bottle did n’t go off and remained intact . How so ? You canfind out right here .
