When the human remains found on board the warship Vasa were investigated, it was determined that the skeleton designated G was a man. New research now shows that the skeleton is actually from a woman.
The Vasa was to be the ultimate warship, built for speed and power. Impossibly narrow of beam, she carried twice the firepower of other ships of her class -- 64 guns on two gundecks. On her maiden ...
On the afternoon of Aug. 10, 1628, the Vasa, built by the Swedish to be one of the most powerful warships in the Baltic, set off from the palace docks in Stockholm. The Vasa did not even make it 1 ...
Marine archaeologists discovered the wrecks of two well-preserved 17th-century warships off the coast of Vaxholm, a Swedish island near Stockholm, last Tuesday. Per a press release from Stockholm’s ...
The Prince of Wales along with the Duchess of Cornwall visited the world's only surviving 17th century ship during their trip to Sweden where they joked that they would like to borrow it for the Queen ...
Anders Franzén lived for shipwrecks. An engineer and expert on the naval warfare of the 16th and 17th centuries, he was especially obsessed with the old Swedish men-of-war that had once menaced the ...
The bronze replica cannon. Photo: Beth Dacey. A replica of one of the cannons present on Stockholm's iconic Vasa warship when it sank in 1628 is being tested for the first time in central Sweden.
In 1628 was one of Europe's largest ship, the Vasa, completed. The summer gathered thousands of curious along Stockholm's quays to see her slip out on her maiden voyage.
On the afternoon of Aug. 10, 1628, the Vasa, built by the Swedish to be one of the most powerful warships in the Baltic, set off from the palace docks in Stockholm. The Vasa did not even make it 1 ...
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