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Hundreds of champagne bottles and Selters mineral water found in a 19th-century shipwreck near Öland, Sweden. Divers believe the cargo was bound for Russian Tsar Nicholas I.
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Champagne and fancy mineral water discovered in shipwreck at bottom of ocean

Lee Bullen
Last updated: 2024/07/26 at 8:08 PM
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Fancy mineral water and champagne found in a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean. (Picture: Jam Press)
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Hundreds of bottles of champagne and fancy mineral water have been discovered in a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean.

Tomasz Stachura, leader of the Baltictech diving group, said: “There was so much of it that it was hard to estimate the amounts.”

The team of Polish divers found the wreck about 20 nautical miles south of the Swedish island of Öland.

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Stachura said two divers had been gone for nearly two hours after leaving for a “quick drive”, so they “knew there was something very interesting on the bottom”.

Hundreds of champagne bottles and Selters mineral water found in a 19th-century shipwreck near Öland, Sweden. Divers believe the cargo was bound for Russian Tsar Nicholas I.
Fancy mineral water and champagne found in a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean. (Picture: Jam Press)

At the shipwreck, they were stunned to discover hundreds of bottles of champers and mineral water produced by Selters, a German brand that still exists today.

Stachura told What’s the Jam: “We encountered a 19th century sailing ship in very good condition, loaded to the sides with champagne, wine, mineral water and porcelain.

Hundreds of champagne bottles and Selters mineral water found in a 19th-century shipwreck near Öland, Sweden. Divers believe the cargo was bound for Russian Tsar Nicholas I.
Fancy mineral water and champagne found in a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean. (Picture: Jam Press)

“We saw more than 100 bottles of champagne and baskets of mineral water in clay bottles.

“I’ve been a diver for 40 years, but I’ve never seen crates with bottles of alcohol and baskets of water like this.

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“Interestingly, the pottery factory into which the water was bottled also exists, and we are in contact with them to find out more details.”

Hundreds of champagne bottles and Selters mineral water found in a 19th-century shipwreck near Öland, Sweden. Divers believe the cargo was bound for Russian Tsar Nicholas I.
Fancy mineral water and champagne found in a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean. (Picture: Jam Press)

The clay bottles helped them date the wreck to between 1850 and 1867.

Stachura believes the cargo was making its way to the Russian Tsar Nicholas I, who reportedly lost a ship in the region in 1852.

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He explained: “That would explain why the ship had this cargo – which was all very exclusive.

“In those days, mineral water was treated almost like a medicine and only went on royal tables.

Hundreds of champagne bottles and Selters mineral water found in a 19th-century shipwreck near Öland, Sweden. Divers believe the cargo was bound for Russian Tsar Nicholas I.
Fancy mineral water and champagne found in a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean. (Picture: Jam Press)

“Its value was so precious that the transports were escorted by police.”

He said they have informed the Swedish authorities about the discovery, but believes they will need a year or more to organise a salvage mission.

Stachura stated: “It has been lying there for 170 years so let it lie there for one more year.

Hundreds of champagne bottles and Selters mineral water found in a 19th-century shipwreck near Öland, Sweden. Divers believe the cargo was bound for Russian Tsar Nicholas I.
Fancy mineral water and champagne found in a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean. (Picture: Jam Press)

“We will have time to better prepare for the operation.”

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