samsamsam

went to vasa museum, its a purpose built museum to house a shipwreck, the Vasa, which sank i think in 1660. it sank 20 minutes after being launched from the dry dock.


model replica of the vasa


little model of how they brought up the sunken ship from stockholm bay


intricate

to scale, how deep the wreck was from the surface . the image behind is the scarry stockholm sea monster...hiak hiak



the lion in front of the ship symbolizes Gustaf Aldoph, the king at that time, who built the ship to fight the polish in some war.


skeletons of less fortunate seamen who were underdeck at that time and didnt get to escape.


the side


double level gun ports. some canons were more than 1 ton in weight and it had 43 canons.


upper deck










mast and look out


the back


galleries on different levels let you see the ship from diferent perspectives







the tattered sails, imagine, cotton from more than 300 years ago


very intricate carvings, the artisans came from holland and germany. swedish boats usually don t have such decorations. the reason why the ship sank was because it was too heavy on top, with all the canons and these extra carvings. in addition, there was not enoguh ballast in the lower decks to balance the ship, there was only 120tons of ballast when it is now calculated that the ship needed about 240tons.


scale model of the captains quarters.



scale model of the whole ship


someone's pot


someone's board game


the whole side


what guns looked back then


different types of canon shots, for different purposes


supporting brackets


what the sculptures should have looked like. in full colour


without the metal braces, teh boat will collapse under its own weight



the hose that was used to make holes under the ship so that cables could be drawn under the ship to lift it up to the surface, now its a fountain


the outside of the museum


some nearby bridge

sunset