Jewels from the crown; investigation of a 17th-century man-of-war in the Baltic

Jewels from the crown; investigation of a 17th-century man-of-war in the Baltic

THE Swedish man of war HMS Kronan ("The Royal Crown") was lost in battle off the coast of south-east Sweden on 1 June 1676. Her keel had been laid in 1665 and she had been launched in 1668, entering service four years later in 1672. The first three-decked ship built in Sweden, she displace...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Courier 1987-11, Vol.40 (11), p.26
1. Verfasser: Einarsson, Lars
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Antiquities
Discovery and exploration
Methods
Shipwrecks
Underwater archaeology
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Zusammenfassung:THE Swedish man of war HMS Kronan ("The Royal Crown") was lost in battle off the coast of south-east Sweden on 1 June 1676. Her keel had been laid in 1665 and she had been launched in 1668, entering service four years later in 1672. The first three-decked ship built in Sweden, she displaced 2,140 tons.
ISSN:0041-5278
1993-8616