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Ancient shipwreck reveals secrets of 15th-century Danish flagship

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Brendan Foley is excavating the Gribshunden , a well-preserved royal Danish flagship that sank off the coast of Sweden in 1495 .

The ship was the personal flagship of King Hans of Denmark and Norway , and it sank while he was traveling to a political summit in Kalmar , Sweden .

The low salinity of the Baltic Sea has kept wood-eating shipworms from devouring the hull and any other wood on board.

Foley has always been fascinated by the ocean and what lies beneath it.

The Gribshunden 's impressive preservation reminds him of sunken ships he saw in the Black Sea .

Foley is "salivating at the thought" of conducting broad surveys of the unexplored parts of the Baltic , Black, and Caspian seas.

VR Score

90

Informative language

94

Neutral language

33

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

52

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not offensive

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not hateful

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long-living

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