1626 Swedish Warship Vasa

The Vasa ship capsized and sank in Stockholm 1628. After 333 years on the sea bed the mighty warship was salvaged and the voyage could continue. Today Vasa is the world's best preserved 17th century ship and the most visited museum in Scandinavia.

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Colors thought to be used on the Swedish warship Vasa. Vasa Museum, Stockholm, Sweden. Sept. 30, 2019. Iphone 7

Vasa or Wasa[a] (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈvɑ̂ːsa] is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. Sample of some of the bright colors the ship was thought to be painted. The ship foundered after sailing about 1,300 m (1,400 yd) into her maiden voyage on 10 August 1628. She fell into obscurity after most of her valuable bronze cannon were salvaged in the 17th century until she was located again in the late 1950s in a busy shipping lane just outside Stockholm harbor. The ship was salvaged with a largely intact hull in 1961. She was housed in a temporary museum called Wasavarvet ("The Vasa Shipyard") until 1988 and then moved permanently to the Vasa Museum in the Royal National City Park in Stockholm. Sweden. Sept. 30, 2019. Iphone 7+

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