Swedes find 17th century sister vessel to famed Vasa warship

Divers Patrik Hoglund and Jim Hansson, marine archaeologists at Vrak – Museum of Wrecks (Jonas Ekströmer/TT News Agency via AP)

Marine archaeologists in Sweden say they have found the sister vessel of a famed 17th century warship that sank on its maiden voyage and is now on display in a Stockholm museum.

The wreck of the royal warship Vasa was raised in 1961, remarkably well preserved, after more than 300 years underwater in the Stockholm harbour.