17th century Swedish shipwreck found
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Xinhua, November 17, 2011
Swedish researchers Wednesday said that they had discovered a shipwreck dated back to 17th century and wanted to make them into first Swedish documentary film in 3D.
"It was Carl Douglas, founder of Deep Sea Productions who found the battle ship the Sword off the island of Oland in Southern Sweden this summer," Malcolm Dixelius from Deep Sea Productions told Xinhua over a telephone interview on Wednesday.
The Swedish warship Sword is believed to be under water in 1676 after being defeated by a Danish-Dutch joint fleet in the largest naval battle in the history of the Baltic Sea. The rival ship Krona was discovered in 1981.
According to Dixelius, another company Ocean Discovery discovered another large warship Mars which sank in 1564 nearby along Oland coast this summer.
The Mars was one of the largest warships in the Baltic Sea in the 16th century, which was even larger than the famous Vasa warship.
"This was the most important shipwreck found in our history since the two ships were so famous at that time," said Dixelius.
ADixelius said the two companies and some researchers plan to make the stories concerning the two shipwrecks into the first ever Swedish documentary film under water in 3D form, which could be finished in two years.
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