Centuries-Old Shipwrecks Found in Baltic Sea
A gas company building an underwater pipeline stumbled upon several wrecks, some dating back 800 years. The wheel of a 18th or 19th century sailing ship appears in the waters of the Baltic Sea. AP Photo/Nord Stream A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks dating from medieval times to the world wars have been found. The ships were very well preserved because ship worms that eat wooden wrecks don’t live in the Baltic Sea. Thousands of similar wrecks have previously been found in the Baltic Sea. A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks – some of them unusually well-preserved – have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany. The oldest wreck probably dates back to medieval times and could be up to 800 years old, while the others are likely from the 17th to 19th centuries, Peter Norman of Sweden’s National Heritage Board said Tuesday. “They could be interesting, but we have only seen pictures of their exterior. Many of them are considered to be fully intact. They look very well-preserved,” Norman told The Associated Press. Thousands of wrecks – from medieval ships to warships sunk during the world wars of the 20th century – have been f…
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