Vasa (previously Wasa) (Swedish pronunciation: [²vɑːsa] ⓘ) 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 …

Vasa, 17th-century Swedish vessel, the mightiest warship of its day, that sank on its maiden voyage on August 10, 1628, with about 30 of 150 persons aboard drowning. While the Thirty …

5 天之前 · A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a majestic warship that sank nearly 400 years ago and is now one of …

The Swedish warship Vasa sank in Stockholm harbor after sailing less than one nautical mile (1.85 km) on its maiden voyage in 1628. The hull was raised in 1961, and after a lengthy …

2020年6月3日 · Built at Stockholm beginning in 1626 by Henrik Hybertsson on orders of King Gustavus II Adolphus, the Vasa was launched in 1627 and intended as the largest and most …

2024年5月31日 · The goal is to determine the mechanical characteristics of Vasa's wood from the microscopic scale, to the intermediate scale of individual timbers and joints, and finally to the …

4 天之前 · A metal structure is placed under the wooden hull of the Vasa. Photo: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP. A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve …

2020年7月14日 · Vasa is a Swedish warship built over two years (1626-1628). On her maiden voyage out of Stockholm Harbor on August 10th, 1628, the ship foundered and sank after …

Chemical degradation of the wood has caused the hull, built in oak in the 1620s, to lose much of its strength. There are deformations in the hull, while the ship as a whole moves too much. In …

To determine how Vasa was conceived and designed, a process is used termed “reverse naval architecture” that seeks geometric and proportional patterns in hull elements and analyzes …