“A Russian mini-submarine has been discovered at Swedish territorial waters not far from the Swedish coast. The submarine is about 20 meters long and three and a half meters wide,” Ocean X Team, a group of Icelandic salvage hunters, who discovered the wreckage, said in a statement.
The group says that it is yet unclear how old the submarine is and “how long it has been [lying on] the sea floor.”
The fact that the sunken ship belongs to Russia is proved by “Cyrillic letters on the hull,” says the group.
“The submarine is completely intact, have no visible damage to the hull and the hatches are closed. Therefore do we fear that the crew have not been able to save them self when the sub went down,” said Stefan Hogeborn, one of the divers in Ocean X Team.
Ocean X Team found the sub during an expedition “where a camera equipped, unmanned mini-submarine of the model ROV, Remote Operated Vehicle, was sent down.”
The group, which has already informed Swedish Armed forces of their “trove,” say that they are “now preparing for a new expedition, divers will be sent down to film and to investigate the submarine wreck more closely.”
Ocean X Team searches for hidden treasures such as antique high-end alcoholic beverages and historic artifacts. They have already found several shipwrecks and historical objects, including bottles of champagne from 1916 and the circular of the Baltic Sea Phenomenon.
The Swedish military told AFP they are studying the images and the video, provided by Ocean X Team to Expressen, a Swedish tabloid newspaper.
“It is they who claim it`s a submarine,” Swedish Armed Forces spokesman Anders Kallin said. “Our analysts have not yet presented their conclusions and want to see more images which the company will send to us.”
From Ocean X Team, Peter Linberg told Expressen that the group doesn’t believe there is “a link with last year`s submarine hunt.”
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