HUNDREDS of bottles of champagne and fancy mineral water have been discovered in a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean. A team of Polish divers discovered the wreckage of an old sailing ship loaded to the brim with luxury goods. 8 Fancy mineral water and champagne found in a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean near Sweden Credit: Jam Press 8 It is believed the cargo was making its way to the Russian Tsar Nicholas I, who reportedly lost a ship in the region in 1852.
Credit: Jam Press Among the wreckage, divers found porcelain items and about 100 bottles of Champagne and mineral water 190 feet deep off the Swedish coast. The private Baltictech group of divers made the discovery on July 11 while checking spots of interest about 20 nautical miles south of the isle of Oland. Tomasz Stachura, leader of the Baltictech diving group, said: "There was so much of it that it was hard to estimate the amounts.
” 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”. They were stunned to discover hundreds of bottles of champagne and mineral water produced by Selters, a German brand that still exists today. Stachura said: “We encountered a 19th century sailing ship in very good condition, loaded to the sides with champagne, wine, mineral water and porcelain.
“We saw more than 100 bottles of champagne and baskets of mineral water in clay bottles. “I've been a diver for 4.