The Vasa

As I said in my last post, this week and begin to be putting things on my trip to Stockholm . The truth is that there were half structured the way they put the information to continue a minimum of order, but in the end I decided to write about what I leave feeling like every day, so start with the Vasa Museum Vasa Museum or as read.

The Vasa Museum, Swedish Vasa is a museum located on the island of Djurgarden, Stockholm (Sweden). Opened in 1990 and is the most visited museum in Scandinavia, with around 800,000 visitors a year. (Source: Wikipedia ).

The museum houses the Vasa warship Vasa eighteenth century built by King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden and pretending to be one of the largest and best ships of the time with their 64 guns placed on three bridges: the superior, high battery and low battery, 69 meters, a displacement capacity of over 1,300 tons, all brass parts and a total weight of 80 tons calculated in the envelope of the Vasa one hundred thirty three hundred sailors and soldiers, but that made ​​history by a history quite different from what the king had imagined, and that He is remembered for his Vasa shipwreck when there was only one mile elapsed since he left the Stockholm harbor on its maiden voyage on Sunday August 10, 1628.

The causes of its collapse were due to at that time there were no instruments of precision or mathematical formulas to ascertain the measures that had to have ships, weight distribution, ballast, etc., so that the calculations were made based to existing ships, but never before had become something of the magnitude of the Vasa, so they had some references to look at, and obviously wrong, since leaving the dock a strong gust of wind hit the Vasa and the boat capsized cargo carrying too was not well attached. Most of the load to the other side of the vessel so reinforced capsize the vessel.

After sinking, the Vasa was rescued on April 24, 1961 and is currently on display at the Vasa Museum as mentioned above.

Sources:

• Wikipedia
• The cave Morlock

Finally Enjoy a few pictures, and certainly, if you ever pass by Stockholm, is a must-see, because it is impressive, except that the island where it is, is precious.

Be happy, tomorrow,

Small update: In addition to the boat museum can enjoy the history, of course, a number of models where inside the boat show, models showing their rescue, diving suits of the time, skeletons of people killed in the wreck, and various aspects Moreover, as a multimedia program that lets you design your own boat and see if it would endure a storm. Ours did not sink!, :-).

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