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For 450 years, no one knew where the Swedish warship Mars, named for the Roman god of war, sank in the Baltic Sea. The largest vessel of its time went down in a fierce battle in 1564 with more than 800 people aboard. Its discovery in 2011 yielded an astonishingly well-preserved ship, including the seamen who went down with it.
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@frankdawe5156 4 года назад

It's absolutely amazing how the cold northern waters keep these wrecks so well preserved!

@DoubleMonoLR 3 года назад

Check out the finds in the Black Sea, they've found intact ships over 2000 years old! Apparently the water has no oxygen past a certain depth, so there's no organisms eating the wood.

@kerry1979 Год назад

Indeed I wonder how Titanic would have been in these types. Probably not as bad, & Human remains on that too still. If it was still in Shallower waters.

@para1324 3 года назад

Fascinating history. When will loud background music be eliminated on such informative episodes?

@felixcat9318 4 года назад

I love how the temperature of the water and other factors (salinity?) have kept the wreck free from subsea growths and organisms which invariably cover every square millimetre of wrecks, giving a clear and unhindered sight of the wreck in it's astonishing detail! This truly is a remarkable time capsule for divers, marine archaeologists, historians and others with a personal or professional interest in this wreck and it's state of preservation. Thank you for this fascinating insight into this intriguing wreck!

@kf4293 2 года назад

I wonder if any government or research group has considered raising it, as they did the Mary Rose? She's not very deep, so it should be possible.

@joelkreiner5418 8 лет назад

It's crazy to see the bones, knowing that no one ever knew who they were, nor will they ever.

@ct1762 8 лет назад

well they have the ship's register. might be possible to guess the age, but thats about it. atleast we know their story...

@dianedeatherage9401 5 лет назад

Known only to God.

@smithwill9006 5 лет назад

Actually technology can Identify these people easily

@micheleevangelista9247 5 лет назад

If they have bones, they can do bone scans, just like they've done on bodies found in pyramids.

@vivians9392 4 года назад

@@micheleevangelista9247 Who would they compare them to today to name them?

@Mike-jv9cl 3 года назад

The most ironic thing is that those are the bodies of ppl who were born while Henry VIII was alive 😮

@wooflord 2 года назад

What’s ironic about that?

@Mike-jv9cl 2 года назад

@@wooflord You’d think bodies would decay after all that time

@ben-hn2ek 2 года назад

@@Mike-jv9cl true especially at that pressure,

@dianahofstetter1057 Год назад

Henry the Vlll died in 1547. I believe his daughter Elizabeth the 1st was ruling then.

@Mike-jv9cl Год назад

@@dianahofstetter1057 True, but they were very likely born before 1547

@terryrussel523 8 лет назад

The only other sunken ships I have ever seen in this kind of condition after hundreds of years have been in cold, deep, Fresh water graves. Wow.

@Sniff420 8 лет назад

Yeah, the baltic is amazing in that way aswell, its too cold for wood eating parasites and since its so deep where the wreck is, it hasnt been effected by waves either, quite remarkable.

@TheMoose126 Год назад

It’s like looking at HMS Erebus

@MariaGarcia281 6 лет назад

A moment in the past suspended in time, eerie

@felixcat9318 4 года назад

This wreck is in an utterly fantastic condition of preservation, and it's possible to see crystal clear details which one wouldn't expect to still be visible! The interviewee was correct when he said that the wreck was a time machine, and I hope to see a much longer documentary on this magnificent vessel. Edited to say that in gold coins alone, the ship's cargo is currently worth 2.86 Billion Euros! This exceeds the 660 Million Euros value of the 20 Tons of gold ingots carried on the sunken Japanese I-400 Submarine whose intact wreck has been found!

@terrandroid 8 лет назад

so when can I expect a 2 hour documentary

@scottmitchen6769 5 лет назад

A short segment on a great shipwreck lost at sea. Very cool!

@timhorton7399 10 лет назад

Fascinating wreck, thanks for posting!

@Hotsoup_ 7 лет назад

It always makes me sad to hear about hundreds of sailors going down with their ship

@ramo1484 6 лет назад

Nootch yes thats true

@DavidJohnson-rd5wy 5 лет назад

They didn't have any choice....

@russell5078084 5 лет назад

Essentially, by taking anything from that wreak, they are desecrating a grave.

@vivians9392 4 года назад

@@russell5078084 True, they should leave it untouched.

@RAWRxLIKExPANDA 4 года назад

@@russell5078084 you really think anyone who died over 400 years ago gives a fk

@jimmyrice5317 8 лет назад

Fascination with this great ship wreck has brought a about some actual event that transpired during the moment that occurred in battle long long ago.

@fredted5115 4 года назад

When treasure is found, greed ensues.

@crazybutcool5150 6 лет назад

Very interesting. Wish there was a longer documentary showing the recovery efforts of everything.

@Soulessdeeds 4 года назад

Don't feel bad that no one today will ever know the names of many of these men. Because they died with men who did know who they were. They were brothers in arms and brothers in the next world. There is a bond soldiers have for each other that often stronger than actual family. These men fought and died for their homeland and for each other. Incredible condition of that wreck and the first time I have ever seen actual canons still coming out of gun ports of a old sailing ship like this. Its incredible to see how well preserved it is. I would love to see some of the canons recovered and conserved. I bet they are glorious.

@terrandroid 8 лет назад

absolutely amazing, what a beautiful ship but such a dramatic ending. it's very good preserved, really a time machine.

@2341jasonb 4 года назад

What an amazing short clip the preservation is incredible I hope there is a full arciological survey and recording of the ship and crew I would love to watch that as would many people I garentee 👍🏼🇬🇧

@thaddeusmcgrath Год назад

No rest in peace here, history prevails long after the dead and the loved ones are gone.

@davidgist8597 4 года назад

Amazing. Totally interesting. Want to know more.

@terrandroid 7 лет назад

after a year im still waiting for a documentary

@viktorlisboa4427 6 лет назад

Onde posso encontrar este documentário?

@igottano8590 5 лет назад

Keep waiting

@WinkelHoof 4 года назад

There is a small exhibition about the ship in a museum in Västervik, Sweden.

@suicidesquid3581 4 года назад

Can't be much longer.

@jacoballred7689 4 года назад

The bones of ancient sailors. From a time gone past. Then the only thing left is old historical relics. With a certain mystical whimsy about it.

@jaimieboy999 5 лет назад

That's amazing.

@how2scuba 10 лет назад

Nice work

@mad_quack Год назад

I'm a sucker for old authentic items. It would be really cool to have one of those old coins

@NealBones Год назад

The Art Mueseum in STL has a bunch of coins in an exhibit. They have ancient Roman, Grecian,Egyptian, and one pre-egyptian. Fascinating to see, totally wanted to take one though 😂

@mattnobrega6621 2 года назад

Absolutely amazing

@granskare 5 лет назад

the Baltic sea is great for preserving ships. I wonder if warships of this age have been declared graves for the seamen and soldiers who were on this vessel?

@dannyoneil5058 4 года назад

Amazing!

@mariocisneros911 6 лет назад

Great adventure but scary when you discover human parts. Wouldn't expect them at first.

@craftpaint1644 6 лет назад

Mario Cisneros those waters are for some reason without oxygen thus no rot.

@kennyg5242 4 года назад

Bones survive for a very long time.

@ethanluttrell 3 года назад

Looks like she went down only a few years ago. Incredible

@angelaprater2679 4 года назад

Very cool love watching this style of video.s.

@civillady13 Год назад

That is a gravesite really, not just an interesting wreck. Those were real people with real lives. I hope everyone keeps that in mind.

@jfk3465 Год назад

Since they weren't buried, it's not a gravesite

@honinakecheta601 Год назад

@@jfk3465that’s not how that works. Sometimes sites like this are considered mass grave sites or memorial sites since it’s considered their final resting place. For example, many people petitioned to make the site of titanic a mass memorial site which would have made it illegal to disturb or take items from

@Draper1217 2 года назад

Very cool. Good job on the footage. It’s a time capsule.

@Edwardnarby92 4 года назад

Absolutely brilliant! Loved this video

@chloehennessey6813 Год назад

I hope those men who went down with their ship got to see another life; maybe on a distance Earth in a galaxy far from here.

@vladimirputinforUSA Год назад

When you die, you just die. There’s no such thing as an afterlife. I can’t believe people really believe that nonsense.

@flatsfishin 8 лет назад

Possibly 2.8billion euros on that ship, unreal.

@ArnhemAntiques 8 лет назад

+mike Not really, supply and demand...if you flood the market with coins they drop in price.

@flatsfishin 8 лет назад

Arnhem Antiques good point, didn't consider that

@Saltfactorynz 7 лет назад

they have historical value also not just the value of silver.

@Steelgreyeyes 6 лет назад

Coins recovered from a shipwreck often have a value multiplier. Take that into account, deduct the fact that a huge new supply becomes available and the value may move only slightly up or down. As always the condition of the coins will become the real way values are determined after the above factors are determined.

@ct1762 6 лет назад

usually about 10x the numismatic value

@wallybrown9509 4 года назад

Such a cool wreck to dive

@enjoyingmyvodka1013 2 года назад

I wish I had a better brain and lungs. I could of done this career. So amazing to find such pieces of history especially so intact!

@cynthiazeedyk6765 5 лет назад

These underwater videos are wonderful. We need to send divers into the lakes where families were relocated during the hydro electric building. Their family homes are in these lakes. Also require a specialized effort for filming inside the Albuquerque Aquifer. Jacques Cousteau would. Have we lost our sense of adventure and exploring challenges?

@anderzz85 10 лет назад

damn. nice work!

@kriskmh1 10 лет назад

I would love to be able to do what these people do, but instead I have to delve into the depths of a kitchen

@barfingcoyote210 6 лет назад

Your destiny is dictated by YOU .

@dimitriskaffatos3141 6 лет назад

Kris Harkin

@uio890138 6 лет назад

Kitchens are where hamburgers are made and I'd pay 13,000 euros for one right now, whats that about $1.75 US?

@unrulyjulie4382 5 лет назад

That somehow reminds me of the song "Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits.

@ronwallace6273 5 лет назад

my life is cooked too

@ricardomarin5620 9 лет назад

muy buen video

@ciaranburke3243 Год назад

Amazing find 👌

@Alan-ej6wb 3 года назад

Incredible

@SledgeHammer98k 10 лет назад

Golly, that looks really cold down there!

@SledgeHammer98k 10 лет назад

***** Yeah, that makes sense. The coldest water I've dived in was around 50 degrees Fahrenheit, and our air was gone pretty fast, so they wouldn't have been able to stay down there long. .

@david52875 10 лет назад

SledgeHammer98k They're wearing drysuits

@cf6174 3 года назад

@@protoketer4554 “air was gone pretty fast” means they were deep/high pressure. When you’re deep it’s cold. Clearly you don’t know what you’re talking about

@ashtonworth6288 2 года назад

Reminds me of that roman boat they found in the dead Sea. Its still got the rope on it!

@Crashed131963 2 года назад

Look up the two Franklin ships. They still have furniture and bottles and plates on the shelves and muskets on gun racks on the walls.

@mickjmcgregor4384 6 лет назад

Sweden should raise and preserve her like the Maryrose.

@zapfanzapfan 5 лет назад

Mars, Kronan and Svärdet deserve a new museum :-)

@patrickrobinson-mh5jw 5 лет назад

@@zapfanzapfan LIKE THE WASA

@Jumping-cholla Год назад

It’s so fascinating how well preserved this is in comparison to other shipwrecks such as the Titanic, which is slowly deteriorating away after only a century. What makes the difference?

@vladimirputinforUSA Год назад

The titanic is made out of steel which deteriorates in salt water.

@peachesb-georgia1125 4 года назад

May we learn... never to practice war any more...

@sonnyburnett8725 4 года назад

Wonder why a warship would be in battle and carrying so much silver?

@johnheigis83 4 года назад

Wow!

@vidalsan6213 9 лет назад

when we´ll have a documentary about?

@jarrodedson5441 4 года назад

@@MrLONGJOHN11 so never

@clydecessna737 5 лет назад

Raise her and stick her in a museum. The silver will pay for the archeology.

@thomaswoodenrailwayjourneys 3 года назад

*a captain always goes down with his ship*

@rojava1619 3 года назад

Why is that ?

@thomaswoodenrailwayjourneys 3 года назад

@@rojava1619 its a saying

@HotSizzleTV_ Год назад

After oceans gate accident, I been looking up sunken ships.. deep sea is very interesting. That ship was from 1564 😧

@sstiver99 8 лет назад

We had a raceboat sink and was lifted about 30 years later plus it was a vintage hydroplane at the madison gold cuo race in the 1970s

@marioncobaretti2280 8 лет назад

SO WHATS THAT GOT TO DO WITH SHIPWRECKS OF THE BALTIC SEA ?

@jslade60 6 лет назад

What that race boat had to do with it was filled with silver coins! Lol/ LMAO/ WTF?/ and that's that!

@ronwallace6273 5 лет назад

I love to see all the artifacts and antiques they should preserve them , and on other hand all these wrecks are someones grave and I feel like its grave robbing

@alaskaaksala123 4 года назад

Ron Wallace hmm... difficult call... if you were at a cemetery, and you found a 100 dollar bill laying on the grass would you pick it up? It’s one thing to dig up a grave to get treasure..another to find it.. not sure ..tough call..

@georgeturner8639 8 лет назад

to perfect

@yakhoubsurya2657 Год назад

RIP brave soldier

@IcarusLhooq-bc7uq 6 часов назад

just google the estimated number of ships on the sea floor and the result was 3 million. Its more . you know it has it to be many many many more

@lamine333 Год назад

wow !

@smc1942 6 лет назад

I want one of those Cannon's!!!

@craftpaint1644 3 года назад

I'll settle for a sword at least and a set of dinnerware 😗

@mikehartsook5281 3 года назад

@@craftpaint1644 I would settle for a few of the coins

@MountaintravelerEddie 4 года назад

This wreck is older than the titanic and looks much better condition.... Still very cool to see shipwrecks

@Themoonstitanic Год назад

This is true all shipwrecks are Intresting

@tylertime3624 Год назад

Crazy they find bones here and not at the Titanic.

@hvymtllion5231 Год назад

how are there still remains from 450 years ago but not at the titanic site?

@vladimirputinforUSA Год назад

There are plenty of bones down by the titanic. People just refuse to film them because everyone is so sensitive now.

@Grumpycat95 7 лет назад

No wonder he was after that ship , a ton of money involved

@z0j3 10 лет назад

Where's Edward Kenway when you need him!

@Darkest_Soul_187 10 лет назад

Where is Davy Jones when you need him!

@ulmo5536 8 лет назад

Where is Edward Thatch when u need him?

@85dime8 7 лет назад

AND WHO TOOK MY GOD DAMN CHICKEN!!!

@q.rsevercedalpha7191 6 лет назад

Where is Captain Jack Sparrow when we need him?

@vectorsigma6757 6 лет назад

He's in search of the Observatory on his Jackdaw, and his crew singing shanties... And possibly assassinating a few on the way. All in the Caribbean, nowhere near this shipwreck. :)

@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu 4 года назад

Looks like a Great Lakes wreck. We are spoiled for the best.

@robinlarsson9663 4 года назад

The Swedish people blamed Mars for the curse that rested on the ship as its cannons were cast by church bells that King Gustav Vasa seized.

@lifeexperiences4969 2 года назад

Should bring it up if it's that well preserved

@faststart1000 Год назад

Very nice footage but way too short video.

@RonHelton 10 лет назад

One silver coin is valued at 13,000 Euros. But there are 220,000 of them according to the records. Well, if they recover all 220,000, then that "quite a heap" will be reduced in value because they will no longer be as rare.

@RonHelton 8 лет назад

***** By all means, buy one if you think they are valuable. LOL

@RonHelton 8 лет назад

***** LOL.

@Sniff420 8 лет назад

Yes the value will not be the same if they find 220 000 of them, however it will still be fucking expensive to buy one of those lol xd

@cleonmain1291 4 года назад

It should be protected from treasure hunters.

@gabrielschake6259 5 лет назад

I want me one a them cannons!

@stephenbachman132 Год назад

Can they raise the wreck? Put it in a museum. Or no.

@JESUSCANSAVE100 5 лет назад

SPOOKY

@dimkulikovchanal 10 лет назад

о проекте Mars

@johnnyrobertson5971 3 года назад

Just a thought and would love to see this brought to the surface placed in a location where people can come an honor them as in unknown soldiers memorial.

@TheSimMan 2 года назад

2:27 lower leg with foot still encased in leather boot/shoe?

@patrickmontie9583 Год назад

I find it hard to take the video seriously if they imply curses are real in the title.

@michaelexman5474 5 лет назад

She’s In amazing condition.

@mikemiller539 4 года назад

Michael Exman did you just assume it’s gender

@Modellbyggaren 4 года назад

@@mikemiller539 Ships and boats are generally considered as "female", they get female namnes and so on. There are some exceptions, modern warships for example. This is common knowledge.

@eugenenelson8503 4 года назад

ive been trying to find out ,what happened to the big ship that was Anchor just south of the bridge in st Louis MO. at about the area across and up river from the Arch. it was a big aluminum looking ship , like a floating casino, ?

@offdeadeye88 Год назад

A minesweeper, sank in 93 wreck is often visible, just last year it was out of water due to low levels

@aa64912 4 года назад

A battlefield cemetery that should be protected and preserved not looted

@loyalram4363 3 года назад

“Here, let me get these silver coins and...” CRUNCH....”It’s hard to avoid the human bones, but.....hey, another coin!” (CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH)

@gregmargaitis5651 2 года назад

I used to raise approx.30 acres of sweet corn,not only were raccoons a problem but also coyotes would eat the corn as well as a problematic bear!

@brigittesaunders3943 Год назад

Ghost Ship. That was my first impression. Very haunted & unsettling.

@RailPreserver2K 3 года назад

The question now is could the ship be raised and preserved like the Vasa or Mary Rose

@thesussexbunion Год назад

It looks as though some are still wearing fabric.

@MrRockydee07 4 года назад

I gess thay can get the DNA from the bone , and try and match it with any of today's DNA......

@paulreeves7249 4 года назад

Not possable due to long time in water!

@ronwhite9117 4 года назад

So sad, humans have to war...wish life could be better than that.

@jerryreisz4996 3 года назад

It's a war grave .It should be left alone.

@Sean-nj3hx Год назад

Did mars have the same context back then ? Or is it a different word than hiw we use it as a planet today?

@faerieSAALE 3 года назад

If there was a huge treasure of GOLD on that ship - they would be using every available means to recover it.

@arrowheadhomestead2207 3 года назад

It said silver

@Augustberglind 4 года назад

the most underwater exploration i can do is in my pool

@carlcushmanhybels8159 4 года назад

Any wrecks?

@kennyg5242 4 года назад

Probably ur 🛁

@madmanmechanic8847 Год назад

As soon as they say treasure the Gov moves after the team spends millions in recovery and they longer have treasure

@MerlinMan1579 6 лет назад

They say it went down quickly, yet charred bones suggest it burnt on the surface for quite a while before sinking.

@ronin2999 3 года назад

Looks better then the Titanic..condition wise

@lameking2839 6 лет назад

Weird...............

@jettstark1743 Год назад

And why does the Titanic being at more than 2 miles below at freezing waters was already rotten in just 84 years?!

@vladimirputinforUSA Год назад

The titanic is made out of steel which rots in salt water. This is made out of wood

@alaskaaksala123 4 года назад

Did they say it was around 400 years old?

@kennyg5242 4 года назад

1564 if I remember correctly. Definitely mid 1500's though.