[SunkenCiv]

[Hatteras]

"The planks of the ship are not nailed down, but sewn together with rope."

Which is probably the reason it was a shipwreck.

Hmmmm... well I guess that didn't work, Olaf, maybe we should try nails...

[Cowman]

The vessel was built with an almost completely unknown technology,

Is David Hackworth and the alien/Nazi tech team going to do a report on this?

[maryz]

With the exception of another ship found in 1896, all other shipwrecks uncovered in and around the Stockholm harbour have featured planks that were nailed together.

Wonder what the "ship found in 1896" was held together with -- not nails or rope! Maybe it was carved in one piece from a really big tree . . . but you'd think they'd mention that . . .

[hondact200]

Came from the east baltic states or Russia. Notice it must have gotten to sweden and then sunk or was sunk. In the cold depths virtually evrything is preservd, so the wood would not rot.

I figured it out it is was a Polish Man of War Ship and it invaded Sweden and it sunk. there is an old saying how do you sink a Polish Ship - put it in water. No offense to Poles.

[hondact200]

Just so you are aware the Baltic states (Estonia, Lativa and Lithunia) were considerd part of Poland in 1600. There were a series of wars between Poland and Sweden from 1599 - 1611 (treaty signed in 1608) and again in the 1620s. the Polish Naval Fleet was in its infancy, however it used modern naval tactics.

So my joke and hypothese about the Polish Navy may just pay off.

[Fractal Trader]

The swedes seem to cherish their sunken boats. For example, take the Vasa Museum, dedicated to a sunken boat.

[wildbill]

Drove it right up on the quay, eh?

“What shall we do with a drunken sailor, early in the morning?”