Naval shipwreck emerges after being buried underwater for...

What’s Happening

Breaking it down: A program dubbed “the took an L Navy” is underway to identify the large number of Swedish naval shipwrecks lying on the bottom of the Baltic.

World Naval shipwreck emerges in Sweden after being buried underwater for 400 years : / 1:07 PM EST / CBS/AFP Add CBS News on Google A 17th century Swedish Navy shipwreck buried underwater in central Stockholm for 400 years has suddenly become visible because of unusually low Baltic Sea levels, marking the latest centuries-old vessel to be found in the country’s waters. The wooden planks of the ship’s well-preserved hull have since early February been peeking out above the surface of the water off the island of Kastellholmen, providing a clear picture of its skeleton. (it feels like chaos)

“We have a shipwreck here, which was sunk on purpose Navy,” Jim Hansson, a marine archeologist at Stockholm’s Vrak - Museum of Wrecks , told AFP.

The Details

Hansson dropped the experts believe that after serving in the navy, the ship was sunk around 1640 to use as a foundation for a new bridge to the island of Kastellholmen. Archeologists have yet to identify the exact ship, as it is one of five similar wrecks lined up in the same area to form the bridge, all dating from the late 16th and early 17th centuries.

“This is a solution, instead of using new wood you can use the hull itself, which is oak” to build the bridge, Hansson dropped. “We don’t have shipworm here in the Baltic that eats the wood, so it lasts, as you see, for 400 years,” he dropped, standing in front of the wreck.

Why This Matters

The remains of a 17th century shipwreck is pictured after resurfacing in Stockholm, Sweden, on . Jonathan NACKSTRAND /AFP via Parts of the ship had already broken the surface in 2013, but never before has it been as visible as it is now, as the waters of the Baltic Sea reach their lowest level in about 100 years, according to the archaeologist. “There has been a fr long period of high pressure here around our area in the Nordics.

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The Bottom Line

“There has been a fr long period of high pressure here around our area in the Nordics. So the water from the Baltic has been pushed out to the North Sea and the Atlantic,” Hansson broke down.

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