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Vasa or Wasa (Swedish pronunciation: ⓘ) is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. The ship sank after sailing roughly 1,300 m (1,400 yd) into her maiden voyage on 10 August 1628. The ship sank after sailing roughly 1,300 m (1,400 yd) into her maiden voyage on 10 August 1628.
The Vasa Museum (Swedish: Vasamuseet) is a maritime museum in Stockholm, Sweden.Located on the island of Djurgården, the museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th-century ship that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628.
Henrik was hired by the Swedish King Karl IX, at a time when the Royal Swedish Navy was expanding rapidly. He worked in Stockholm between 1603-1605 and again between 1611-1627. In between he was stationed at various shipyards in the country. After his return to Stockholm in 1611, he developed an association with the entrepreneur Anton Monier ...
Swedish Reformation (1 C, 17 P) Swedish War of Liberation (2 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Gustav Vasa" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
August 10 – The Swedish warship Vasa sank on its maiden voyage in Stockholm harbor on August 10, 1628, after capsizing due to a gust of wind, causing about 30 deaths among 150 on board. Nearly 400 years later, DNA testing revealed that a person initially thought to be male, named "Gustav," was actually female.
Purposefully sunk in 1659, the location of Äpplet was lost, but recently discovered near Stockholm
This is a list of ships of the Swedish Navy. ... Gustav V (1918) ... Vasa; See also. List of active Swedish Navy ships;
The museum ship Vasa in Stockholm was a 17th-century ship of the Royal Swedish Navy (Kungliga flottan). Swedish Navy uniforms from the period 1779–1833; lithography by Adolf Ulrik Schützercrantz The Amphibious Corps dates back to 1 January 1902, when a separate " Coastal Artillery " ( Kustartilleriet ) was established, and Marinen came into ...