Vasa

Vasa is a warship built in 1628 to answer the wish expressed by the king Gustav II Adolf who wanted to make it the most powerful Scandinavian warship. During its launching, in front of hundreds of Swedes, it started to take lodging during the first gust of the wind. Water entered into the ports intended for the guns and the boat sank. Vasa had in fact an oversize aerofoil and load.

In 1956, Anders Franzén locates Vasa not far from the museum where it is now exposed and want to take it out of water. April 24, 1961, Vasa went back to surface, 333 years after the disaster. The ship had been relatively well preserved because of the low salinity of the Baltic sea.

After 30 years of maintenance and restoration, the Vasa Museum opens its doors in 1990. Here are some photographs of this ghost ship...

	Prow The prow.
	Prow figure The prow figure.
	Front Front of the boat.
	Sculptures One of the many sculptures on the Vasa.
	Top deck The front of the top deck.
	Shrouds The shrouds of the main mast.
	Schrouds The shrouds of the foremast.
	Right side View of the right side of the Vasa.
	Left side View on the left side of the Vasa.
	Right side View on the right side of the Vasa.
	Scuttle A scuttle. It is an opening for the cannons. It is also in an opening like this one that the water came into Vasa.
	Paintings Reconstitution of paintings on the back of the Vasa. Most of the boat was painted.
	Right side View on the right side of the Vasa.
	Vasa View on the left side of the Vasa.
	Stern Stern.
	Top deck Back of the top deck.
	Top deck Back of the top deck.
	Decorative detail Decorative detail on the stern.
	Vasa Decorative detail on the stern.
	Model Model of the Vasa.