Travel Pick: Art and Archaeology in Belgium The Kronan-Project
The Kronan-Project BELGIUM BRUSSELS • Royal Museum of the Army and Military History • 30 April - 14 October 2001
The Kronan, Flagship of the Swedish fleet, sunk during a battle against the Dutch fleet on June 1st 1676 off the island of Öland in the Baltic sea. Heavily armed and fully supplied, the ship sunk after a heavy explosion taking over 800 men with her (only 42 survived). The exhibition presents a selection of the 25,000 pieces found in the wreak.
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