A telegraph and rare bricks were found on a sunken ship in Lake Ladoga

During a research trip, in Lake Ladoga, divers from the Russian Scientific Research Center discovered the wreck of a Finnish ship dating back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The center's media office indicates that divers found on board this ship a ship's bell, a porcelain sink, a telegraph, and a firebrick bearing the Hoganas inscription, produced in southern Sweden.

The office statement said: “After analyzing the data from the multi-beam echo sounder, researchers were able to locate a large ship that sank at a depth of 34 meters, and they eagerly awaited the first discoveries: the ship’s bell, many ceramic vessels, a porcelain sink, elements of the ship’s decor, and a telegraph.” And bricks from a hearth (fireplace) inscribed on Hoganas, which is an uncommon type of refractory sand-lime brick that is produced in southern Sweden in the village of Hoganas in Skane County, located 20 km from the city of Helsingborg.”

According to one participant, brick and ceramic production began in the village in 1832. Since the Grand Duchy of Finland did not have a customs border with Europe, it was easier and cheaper to bring bricks from Sweden than from Russia.

It should be noted that this ship was made in Finland at the end of the nineteenth century - the beginning of the twentieth century, and is very damaged. Members of the expedition believe that the discovered ship could be a pirate ship, because on its sides there is a symbol of Leviathan, which symbolizes the unbridled power of nature.

It was decided to hand over all discovered artifacts and research materials to the Heritage Center of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences for detailed study.