Divers recover 86-year-old jewelry box from sunken ship
Participants of the underwater swimming club 'Divo' lifted a wooden box with ornaments from the bottom of Lake Ladoga, which had been lying in the cabin of the sunken monastery motor ship Valamon Luostari for 86 years.
Consensus
- Divers from the 'Divo' club found a wooden jewelry box in the cabin of the sunken steamship Valamon Luostari.
- The ship sank in 1940 during winter mooring.
- The jewelry box had been submerged for 86 years.
- The recovered items were transferred to the museum of the Valaam Monastery at the Vladimir Skit.
- The ship was built in 1862 in Stockholm and belonged to the Valaam Monastery from 1931.
Points of divergence
- The box was found in a niche resembling a cabinet, with boots and a glass jar on the lower shelf and a round wooden object on the upper shelf. — vm
- Inside the box were a bronze brooch in the form of a wreath with gilded filigree, a gold brooch with blue enamel and a pearl, four gold rings, a cufflink, and other items. — vm
- American archaeologists discovered a shipwreck from the 18th century near Madagascar carrying gold and silver ingots and over 400 precious stones, including diamonds, emeralds, and pearls. — vm
- The box was found in a captain's cabin niche described as a souvenir box with treasures. — vesti
- The box contained two brooches, four rings, cufflinks, and parts of other jewelry. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Divers lifted a chest with ornaments from the bottom of Ladoga that had been there for 86 years — Вечерняя Москва
- From the bottom of Lake Ladoga, a chest found in the cabin of a sunken steamship was raised — Вести