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Silver coins from 17th Century warship Kronan

FROM the depths ... 800-year-old Kalmar castle.

Margaret Turton

THE sunken wreck of a 17th-century warship - lying undisturbed at the bottom of crystal-clear Swedish waters - has given up a trove of treasures.

Nothing grows in the layer of sand on the seabed and, just below the sand, glacial and moraine clay preserves the Kronan and its contents.

The ship was pride of the fleet in the era when Sweden was a maritime superpower.

It had three, full-width cannon decks, an armament of up to 128 cannons, and it was big - 53m from bow to stern.

By way of comparison, Endeavour was just over 33m in length, so the Kronan was impressive, by anybody's standards.

Read the rest on the CourierMail.com.au

# Posted by Michelle Moran @ | Monday, September 22, 2008

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	9.22.2008 Sunken Swedish ship the Kronan offers up historic haul FROM the depths ... 800-year-old Kalmar castle. Margaret Turton THE sunken wreck of a 17th-century warship - lying undisturbed at the bottom of crystal-clear Swedish waters - has given up a trove of treasures. Nothing grows in the layer of sand on the seabed and, just below the sand, glacial and moraine clay preserves the Kronan and its contents. The ship was pride of the fleet in the era when Sweden was a maritime superpower. It had three, full-width cannon decks, an armament of up to 128 cannons, and it was big - 53m from bow to stern. By way of comparison, Endeavour was just over 33m in length, so the Kronan was impressive, by anybody's standards. Read the rest on the CourierMail.com.au # Posted by Michelle Moran @ \| Monday, September 22, 2008 << Home