Sunken ship with cargo of Champagne traced

A team of  Poland’s sea divers has discovered the wreckage of an old sailing ship loaded with luxury goods, including about 100 bottles of Champagne, mineral water and other items,  about 190 ft. deep off the Swedish coast.

 According to the leader of the team of the divers, Tomasz Stachura, the precious items could have been on the way to the royal table in Stockholm or the Russian Tsar’s residence in St Petersburg when the ship sank sometime in the second half of the 19th century.

 The Champagne brand is still to be determined but the letter R could be seen on one cork. “At this depth the wreckage is perfectly preserved, the temperature is constant, there are no currents and it’s dark,” Tomasz said.