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The bow of the Vasa, a Swedish warship that sunk during its maiden voyage in 1628. Salvaged in 1961, it is now on display in a namesake museum in Stockholm. Swedish marine archeologists announced they have located the wreck of the Applet (Apple), Vasa’s sister ship. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Jorge Lascar. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Swedes find 17th century sister vessel to famed Vasa warship

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The bow of the Vasa, a Swedish warship that sunk during its maiden voyage in 1628. Salvaged in 1961, it is now on display in a namesake museum in Stockholm. Swedish marine archeologists announced they have located the wreck of the Applet (Apple), Vasa’s sister ship. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Jorge Lascar. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Pictured is the bow of the Vasa, a Swedish warship that sank during its maiden voyage in 1628. Salvaged in 1961, it is now on display in a namesake museum in Stockholm. Swedish marine archaeologists announced they have located the wreck of the Applet (Apple), Vasa’s sister ship. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Jorge Lascar. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

STOCKHOLM (AP) – Marine archaeologists in Sweden say they have found the sister vessel of a famed 17th-century warship that sank on its maiden voyage and is now on display in a popular Stockholm museum.

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Johan Danckerts’s circa-1682 work, ‘The Wreck of the ‘Gloucester’ off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682.’ About 130 people died in the catastrophe, but the Duke of York survived and later ascended to the English and Irish throne as King James II and the Scottish throne as James VII. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, from the collection of the Royal Museums Greenwich. The Wikimedia Foundation regards the work as being in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before January 1, 1927.

Wreck of 17th-century royal warship found off UK coast

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Johan Danckerts’s circa-1682 work, ‘The Wreck of the ‘Gloucester’ off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682.’ About 130 people died in the catastrophe, but the Duke of York survived and later ascended to the English and Irish throne as King James II and the Scottish throne as James VII. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, from the collection of the Royal Museums Greenwich. The Wikimedia Foundation regards the work as being in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before January 1, 1927.

Johan Danckerts’s circa-1682 work, ‘The Wreck of the ‘Gloucester’ off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682.’ At least 130 people died in the catastrophe, but the Duke of York survived and later ascended to the English and Irish throne as King James II and the Scottish throne as James VII. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, from the collection of the Royal Museums Greenwich. The Wikimedia Foundation regards the work as being in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before January 1, 1927.

LONDON (AP) – Explorers and historians are telling the world about the discovery of the wreck of a royal warship that sank in 1682 while carrying a future king of England, Ireland and Scotland.

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