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the wreck of the Mars (1564) Maritime archaeological investigations of a sunken battlefield

After many years of searching, divers from Ocean Discovery in Västervik found the wreck of Erik XIV’s legendary flagship Mars, in 2011. In 2013 archeologists joined together to reconstruct a cross-section of the battle space. To this end, a selection of ship timbers were salvaged for detailed documentation on the surface.

By Johan Rönnby November 7, 2013