Polish divers have found a 19th-century shipwreck off the coast of Sweden laden with bottles of champagne, a "very exclusive" cargo they say may have been destined for the tsar of Russia before the vessel sank. Objects found in a 19th-century shipwreck filled with bottles of champagne and mineral water that was discovered at the bottom of the Baltic Sea by a team of Polish divers, are pictured approximately 20 nautical miles off the island of Oland, Sweden, July 12, 2024. Marek Cacaj/Handout via REUTERS They discovered the wreck, which also contains porcelain and bottles of mineral water, around 60 metres (66 yards) below the surface of the Baltic Sea, but say they would need permission from Swedish authorities to bring the cargo to shore. "This ship is almost whole there, it is ...
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