Wreck of the Kronan
The Swedish navy's flagship and one of the largest ships in the world when built, the Kronan capsized and blew up at the Battle of Oland on 1 June 1676, taking about 800 men with her. Anders Franzen, who had found the Vasa, located the wreck in 1980; more than 30,000 objects have since been raised.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1672 CE mainstream
the Kronan is completed after four years of building, delayed by money troubles and disputes between the shipwright Francis Sheldon and the admiralty source - 1676 CE mainstream
1 June, Battle of Oland: turning sharply under too much sail in rough weather, the Kronan capsizes, her powder magazine explodes and blows off most of the bow; about 800 men die source - 1680 CE mainstream
most of the guns are salvaged in the 1680s; then the wreck falls into obscurity source - 1980 CE mainstream
August: Anders Franzen's team, having pinned down the likely position, sends down cameras and takes the first pictures of the wreck source
Where
56.4494° N, 16.6722° E
The point is Wikipedia's position for the wreck, about 6 km east of Hulterstad off the east coast of Oland, 26 m deep.
Sources
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