I uploaded some Pics and a Portrait of the Vasa . A 17th century war ship that was found, recovered,salvaged and seme-restored in Stockholme ,Sweeden. It was found in 150 ft of water back in the 1960's. They had to remove all the mud and silt. Plug holes and gun ports etc......... Start to lift until it reached the surface. At that point they drained the water for the most part. And after sitting on the bottom of the ocean for over 300 yrs , The VASA floated again. Now I am not one of those who…
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Posted on December 16, 2008 at 8:00am — 3 Comments
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Need to get your ship under way to pillage and plunder again!
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Vasa was built top-heavy with insufficient ballast. Despite an obvious lack of stability in port, she was allowed to set sail and foundered a few minutes later when she first encountered a wind stronger than a breeze. The impulsive move to set sail resulted from a combination of factors. King Gustavus Adolphus, who was abroad on the date of her maiden voyage, was impatient to see Vasa join the Baltic fleet in the Thirty Years' War. At the same time, the king's subordinates lacked the political courage to discuss the ship's structural problems frankly or to have the maiden voyage postponed. An inquiry was organized by the privy council to find someone responsible for the disaster, but no sentences were handed out.
During the 1961 recovery, thousands of artifacts and the remains of at least 15 people were found in and around the hull of the Vasa by marine archaeologists. Among the many items found were clothing, weapons, cannons, tools, coins, cutlery, food, drink and six of the ten sails. The artifacts and the ship itself have provided historians with invaluable insight into details of naval warfare, shipbuilding techniques and everyday life in early 17th-century Sweden. When she was built, Vasa was intended to express the expansionist aspirations of Sweden and its king, Gustavus Adolphus, and no expense was spared in decorating and equipping her. She was one of the largest and most heavily armed warships of her time and was adorned with hundreds of sculptures, all of them painted in vivid colors.
info on the Ship you posted for us mate