The Swedish navy’s warship The Mars was sunk by Germany during the battle in the Baltic Sea in 1564. Believed to carry a scary curse, it took experts nearly 500 years to find this cursed ship.
As one of the largest and most powerful warships in world history, the Swedish navy’s warship The Mars was named after the ancient Roman god of war. This cursed ship is equipped with powerful firepower with about 107 or 173 guns of all sizes.
During the bloody war in the Baltic Sea in 1564, the warship The Mars was sunk by German forces. Accordingly, about 800 – 900 Swedish and German sailors died and buried their bodies at the bottom of the sea along with a large amount of gold and silver coins.
After 20 years of searching, in 2011, a team of professional divers from the Ocean Discovery Company found traces of the ship The Mars. According to experts’ examination, this is one of the best preserved shipwrecks after nearly 500 years of “sleeping” underwater.
Expert Johan Ronnby working at Sodertorn University, Sweden has spent a lot of time studying the 60m long wreck of The Mars. According to him, the 1500s were an important period because that was the time when three-masted warships began to sail.
Mr. Johan added that during the period, the authorities discovered and salvaged many shipwrecks and a large amount of goods. Warships of that time were often called “galleons”.
Among these is the English battleship Mary Rose, which was sunk in a naval battle in 1545. However, they have never found a perfectly preserved wreck after nearly 500 years like The Mars.
For centuries, experts and treasure hunters have tried to find the “resting place” of the ship The Mars.
Regarding this famous ship The Mars, folklore circulates an anecdote about it being associated with a curse.
Legend has it that the wreck of The Mars is protected by a raging ghost from hell. This ghost curses those who try to find and salvage the wreck of the warship The Mars – the pride of the Swedish navy.
However, many professional and amateur experts still try to find the wreck of the Swedish warship. Thanks to that, after nearly 5 centuries, the wreck of The Mars lies at a depth of about 75m in the Baltic Sea.