The recovered Swedish warship \u201cVasa\u201d \u00a0(Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alas, though, by \u201cday\u201d I mean day<\/em>. \u00a0The Vasa<\/em> was badly designed. \u00a0It rode too high in the water and was top heavy with too little ballast, and it capsized and sank in a slight breeze within twenty minutes of its launch, opposite the royal palace of Stockholm, on 10 August 1628.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
There were roughly 200 people aboard, including small children and the wives and daughters of members of the crew. \u00a0At least thirty of them died.<\/p>\n
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It was a catastrophic blow to the king\u2019s plans for his navy, and a national and royal humiliation.<\/p>\n
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In the latter half of the twentieth century, though,\u00a0the ship was recovered, and it has since been painstakingly conserved. \u00a0Fully 98% of the original vessel survives today. \u00a0It was beautifully carved and decorated, and investigators have learned a great deal from it about early seventeenth century Sweden, naval architecture of the period, and even, from the skeletal remains of fifteen people recovered with the wreckage, about the health and diet of early modern\u00a0Swedes.<\/p>\n
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If you want an illustration of how science can help to recover the past, the Vasa<\/em> \u2014 along with\u00a0the beautifully laid-out museum in which it\u2019s now housed \u2014 offers a spectacular example.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Posted from Stockholm, Sweden<\/p>\n
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