The Swedish VASA 1628 model ship PLANS & PHOTOS * Funniest SuperHeroes

If you want to download the VASA 1628 ship plans for free, write in the comments. I will post these drawings on the file exchange. 1:27 - VASA - Construction 2:18 - VASA - Ship model plans 3:54 - VASA - Ship model photos 4:38 - VASA - Design and stability 5:39 - VASA - Armament 8:37 - VASA - Ornamentation 11:33 - VASA - Sinking The VASA warship in 1628. The VASA was one of the large warships built by Swedish King Gustavus II Adolphus. “Second to God, the welfare of the kingdom depends on its navy“, he said, and used the ships to protect his interests in Europe. However, in the years 1625 to 1627 Sweden lost twelve major warships due to storms and a battle with the Polish fleet, and replacements had to be built. By 10 August 1628 everything was ready for the VASA’s maiden voyage. The weather was fine and the wind light. On board were around a hundred crew members, but also women and children. This was to be a great ceremonial occasion, with pomp and circumstance. When the ship left the shelter of the inner harbour of Stockholm, she approached the island of Beckholmen where she was struck by a powerful gust of wind, capsized and sank after a voyage of only 1300 meters. Why VASA Capsized. In the treatise by Curt Borgenstam, Anders Sandstroem “Why VASA Capsized“ (AB Grafisk Press, Stockholm 1995, ISBN 91-85268-60-7) the reasons are outlined, after a careful investigation of the wreckage and the historic archives. They concluded: 1. Too many design changes during building were made. The VASA was probably laid down as a “small“ ship and completed as a “large“ ship, with two gun decks instead of only one as originally planned. 2. The shipbuilding master Henrik Hybertsson became serously ill and died a year before the ship was completed. During his illness he had to delegate the supervision of the project to his assistant Hein Jacobsson. As a result the leadership on the shipbuilding side was very weak. Jacobsson had not even been informed that a stability test carried out in Admiral FlemingТs presence hat indicated that the VASA was unstable. 3. By far too little ballast (only about half of the weight needed, as turned out when investigating the wreckage) had been put into the ship. That was ordered by Admiral Klas Fleming, who resented more ballast, as this would have brought the lower line of gun ports too close to the water, and the military usability of the ship would have been hampered. Name: Vasa Laid down: 1626 Launched: March 1627 Fate: Sank in 1628, salvaged in 1961, currently a museum ship 59°19’40“N 18°05’28“E GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Tonnage: 1210 tonnes displacement Length: - Sparred length: 69 m (226 ft) - Between perpendiculars: 47.5 m (156 ft) Beam: 11.7 m (38 ft) Height: 52.5 m (172 ft) Draft: 4.8 m (16 ft) Propulsion: Sails, 1,275 m2 (13,720 sq ft) Crew: 145 sailors, 300 soldiers Armament: 64 guns, including: - 24-pounders-48 - 3-pounders-8 - 1-pounders-2 - stormstycken (howitzers)-6 Naval artillery in the Age of Sail: Ship Model drawings - Swedish VASA (Source: Model Ship World) Enjoy it! Thanks for watching! #BlueprintShipVASA#SwedishVASAShipDrawings#SwedishVASAShipPLANS