How Europe's Greatest Warship Was Destroyed by a Breeze
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After being salvaged in 1961 the ship spent the next 28 years being -conserved- in a temporary facility called the Wasa Shipyard. After a thorough archaeological examination it was discovered that the ship would undoubtedly dry up and deteriorate if she remained -untreated-. So the ship was constantly doused and impregnated with polyethylene glycol for 17 years) and then spent another 11 years drying in the same facility. Fact is that this drying process hadnt fully completed until 2011 - which was 21 years after she was moved the new Wasa Museum.
While visitors actually could see the Wasa in the Wasa Shipward from 1962 to 1988 the facility was primarily built for the lengthy conservation and the view of the ship was therefore limited from a distance and segments of the side.
Date: 2023-12-14
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-felixkjornsberg
-sir, with all due respect, this ship can't set sai--
-Aiiidonwannaheearit-
-But sir, with all due respect, the ship has too many cannons, it's sides isn't symmetrical in weight, it's center of mass is above the railing, it's got too many decorations, it's bolts are all but normal and we accidentally built it with two different measuring systems. -
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-Sir, with all due respect, I don't think we can set this ship to sail, ever-
-. does it float? -
-W-what? -
-I said DOES IT FLOAT? -
-y-yeah, sir, bu--
-NO BUTS, LETS SHOW THEM WHAT LENGTHS VIKINGS WILL GO, SET SAIL TOWARDS THE POLISH-
-sir, with all due whatever, the boat's capsizing. -
-Well. This is your fault, didn't even warn me! -
-Yes sir, sorry sir-
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-sir, with all due respect, this ship can't set sai--
-Aiiidonwannaheearit-
-But sir, with all due respect, the ship has too many cannons, it's sides isn't symmetrical in weight, it's center of mass is above the railing, it's got too many decorations, it's bolts are all but normal and we accidentally built it with two different measuring systems. -
-. -
-Sir, with all due respect, I don't think we can set this ship to sail, ever-
-. does it float? -
-W-what? -
-I said DOES IT FLOAT? -
-y-yeah, sir, bu--
-NO BUTS, LETS SHOW THEM WHAT LENGTHS VIKINGS WILL GO, SET SAIL TOWARDS THE POLISH-
-sir, with all due whatever, the boat's capsizing. -
-Well. This is your fault, didn't even warn me! -
-Yes sir, sorry sir-
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-richeybaumann1755
Literally 2 days ago, I watched this on Engineering Catastrophes, a TV show where they look at things like this and tell us why they were done wrong.
My first thought on researching it was -4: 56- why did they hire a random Dutch guy with no pertinent experience to build this thing?
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Literally 2 days ago, I watched this on Engineering Catastrophes, a TV show where they look at things like this and tell us why they were done wrong.
My first thought on researching it was -4: 56- why did they hire a random Dutch guy with no pertinent experience to build this thing?
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-zeusathena26
Why decisions should be made by a group of people who understand these things. Not a monarch who isn't even there, & demanding it leaves port. They'll recoup the money from it eventually, & they can let experts, historians, engineers, etc.
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Why decisions should be made by a group of people who understand these things. Not a monarch who isn't even there, & demanding it leaves port. They'll recoup the money from it eventually, & they can let experts, historians, engineers, etc.
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-karllarsson5748
Just to clarify to all the english speakers, in sweden, we never call him Gustavus adolphus, we call him Gustav the second adolph.
Also fun fact, the name came from the king's last name: Vasa
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Just to clarify to all the english speakers, in sweden, we never call him Gustavus adolphus, we call him Gustav the second adolph.
Also fun fact, the name came from the king's last name: Vasa
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-vodktruffel
I was at the visa museum first when I was 4 years old so the ship looked massive in my memory but last year I revisited it and it was a let down because it was way smaller than in my memory.
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I was at the visa museum first when I was 4 years old so the ship looked massive in my memory but last year I revisited it and it was a let down because it was way smaller than in my memory.
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-jayglover2996
Hold on, so the King was in a massive rush but he still had time to get his whole sculpted family history on the ship! Sounds more like Pimp my Ride than -we-re at war- -
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Hold on, so the King was in a massive rush but he still had time to get his whole sculpted family history on the ship! Sounds more like Pimp my Ride than -we-re at war- -
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-DonutOfNinja
One really funny thing about this is that it was blamed on the people who tied the cannons and then when we pulled up the Vasa they were still in their correct places
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One really funny thing about this is that it was blamed on the people who tied the cannons and then when we pulled up the Vasa they were still in their correct places
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-bertbert4960
The Vasa: Sets Sail to the Baltic.
PLC and the HRE: -Starts to Worry that it will destroy them-
The Vasa: -Sinks-
PLC and the HRE: HOORAY!
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The Vasa: Sets Sail to the Baltic.
PLC and the HRE: -Starts to Worry that it will destroy them-
The Vasa: -Sinks-
PLC and the HRE: HOORAY!
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-ibraheemtemur3469
Ive seen the actual Vasa ship once, sweden is still an evil colonial power and part of the rotten west, but that ship looked pretty cool.
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Ive seen the actual Vasa ship once, sweden is still an evil colonial power and part of the rotten west, but that ship looked pretty cool.
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-schlieffenman957
Sweden horribly failed at building this, swore to never make a design fail ever again, and turned around and made Ikea and Saab. Nice
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Sweden horribly failed at building this, swore to never make a design fail ever again, and turned around and made Ikea and Saab. Nice
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reallifelore
If I was one of the engineers. I would make the Vasa wider and decent amount of cannons just enough to destroy a ship and powerful enough
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If I was one of the engineers. I would make the Vasa wider and decent amount of cannons just enough to destroy a ship and powerful enough
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-alyastrae7816
Me watching this a year later found out that there is a museum in Canada called 'Museum of Failure'. And yes, the Vasa is there
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Me watching this a year later found out that there is a museum in Canada called 'Museum of Failure'. And yes, the Vasa is there
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-aleforsberg4115
Fun fact it-s actually almost exactly 300 years ago the Swedish king Karl the 12 died and with him the empire. 1721
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Fun fact it-s actually almost exactly 300 years ago the Swedish king Karl the 12 died and with him the empire. 1721
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-diovanyt999
Eroupe: -builds the strongest pirateship in the history-
Wind: -So that means it's my turn to defeat you? -
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Eroupe: -builds the strongest pirateship in the history-
Wind: -So that means it's my turn to defeat you? -
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reallifelore
Maybe they should adjust the weight of the boat maybe like add little amount canons and other weapon materials
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Maybe they should adjust the weight of the boat maybe like add little amount canons and other weapon materials
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-dinizec
Had the pleasure of visiting Stockholm and going to the vasa museum last month and it was AWESOME! Highly suggest
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Had the pleasure of visiting Stockholm and going to the vasa museum last month and it was AWESOME! Highly suggest
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-bravehome4276
I have been to this museum. It gives new meaning to the launching instructions to -get under weigh[sic]-.
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I have been to this museum. It gives new meaning to the launching instructions to -get under weigh[sic]-.
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-leondillon8723
Limey king Henry VIII did the same thing 75+ years before. The Mary Rose sank, in the harbor, 1545 AD.
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Limey king Henry VIII did the same thing 75+ years before. The Mary Rose sank, in the harbor, 1545 AD.
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-Hellforsa
My granddad was there when regalskeppet vasa was raised from the water- i-ve been aboard the ship as a kid-
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My granddad was there when regalskeppet vasa was raised from the water- i-ve been aboard the ship as a kid-
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