STOCKHOLM – Long before the Costa Concordia capsized in Italy, salvagers fished out ships from the depths of the ocean with bold and innovative feats of engineering. Here are some of the most ...

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 ...

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 the sagging hull of the Vasa, a ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Half a century has passed since the sunken 17th century royal warship Vasa was brought to the surface, but the story of how one of ...

Half a century has passed since the sunken 17th century royal warship Vasa was brought to the surface, but the story of how one of Sweden's biggest failures became a national treasure still fascinates ...