HISTORY OF THE SWEDISH VESSEL VASA: A POWERFUL SHIP MODEL The ship called Vasa is part of the Swedish , European and world naval history positively and negatively. This warship of 64 bronze cannons was launched in 1628 (17th century), once its construction was finished with more than a thousand cut oaks, ordered by King Gustavo II to fight in the Thirty Years' War . The anecdote of the Vasa is that it sank to the kilometer of sailing in the Stockholm's port, being the flagship of the Swedish empire. It was the most powerful ship of the time in terms of power, not exceeded until a century and a half later by the USS Constitution, one of the first American frigates. The Vasa ship sailed with 1,200 tons of weight and its sail area was 1,150 m2 (80 tons). One of the strongest points of this sa.
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