The Best Preserved 17th Century Warship Was Recovered From the Sea Floor After 333 Years

[@markstainton9080]

I have seen Vasa twice. They have also recreated some parts of the ship's interior so visitors can get a real feel of what it was like below deck. Well worth a visit.

[@CovertOperation13]

Where is it located at now?

[@markstainton9080]

@@CovertOperation13 Stockholm Harbour. There are "masts" sticking out the roof of the purpose built building to the same height as Wasa's original masts would have been, had she been sat in harbour. Entry is via five sets of atmospherically sealed doors to maintain temperature and moisture levels.

[@grahampeters6609]

I visited this magnificent vessel in 1977 and a lot has changed since then what a great job the restorers have done.

[@dutchman7216]

The Vasa still looked beautiful. Thank you to whomever and made this video.

[@christophertmunro4503]

It is absolutely amazing that the state of decay in the old ship is not any greater than what it is considering how long she rested on the bottom like that!!!! TRULY AMAZINGLY PRESERVED STATE!!!!!!!!

[@tomasgidlof9545]

2022-02-05 Fresh water means no shipworm. Pretty deep, ca 30 m and in clay means no oxygen. Preserves. The Baltic so less salt means lack of shipworms. Vestern Baltic and Dansish waters have more salt and shipworms.

[@ianrobinson8974]

03/02/2022 THANKS FOR THE REMINDER! I was fortunate enough to see Vasa, quite a few years ago whilst wandering that part of the world. Keep up the good work!

[@constitution_8939]

What a Incredible Find and Beautiful Ship that I've known about for Most of my 58 years and interest in ALL archeological history on land, sea and air and it is almost 400 years old and looking like it only sank 10 years ago. I'm So glad it was kept and restored as best it could be. It Is AMAZING!!

[@rickeymitchell8620]

I have heard of this ship since I was a child 60+ yrs ago. For some reason it has held a fascination for me. She is more stunning than I could ever imagine. My thanks and congratulations to the slavage, diving, preservation and restoration crews.

[@johnslaughter5475]

This was very interesting. I also am interested in the salvage and preservation being done with the Mary Rose in Plymouth, England.

[@douglasmckee9574]

Launched and Sank

[@johnslaughter5475]

@@douglasmckee9574 I read about that years ago. According to that, the king had too much say on how Vasa was built. He was not a marine engineer and should never have butted into something that wasn't his domain. I believe they thought she could make it across the bay. Afterwards they'd add more ballast.

[@Vladoz11]

*Incredible! This is the best I've ever seen on KZbin! Thank you!*

[@speedeide2715]

We flew from Canada in 70s to see the ship. My dad loved history.

[@davidmangold1838]

I used to fly to Stockholm often, as a pilot for TWA. I went to the Wasa museum-utterly amazing! I’ve heard that the man who found it in the 1960’s, went out in a small boat. He fashioned a hollowed out plumb-bob with sharp edges. He’d drop it from a fishing pole, until he found old oak. After searching the area it sank, he mapped its location, by finding wood in his plumb-bob! The Swedish Navy divers took on the raising, as a project for their divers b

[@davemcmahon8140]

What a treasure the amount of detail re carvings is truly stunning. Hope to place this on my bucket list of must see!!👍

[@Massev6871]

It was a childhood deam to see the Vasa in reality. Visiting the ship surpassed my expectations!

[@carlorrman8769]

Truly amazing. Never seen your channel before. Subscriber now for sure. Thankyou.

[@ricardoalves5092]

Simplesmente sensacional, creio ser o único desse tipo no mundo, uma verdadeira preciosidade. Saudações do Brasil.

[@rodrigojose2096]

Realmente incrível. Google me sugeriu!

[@joansavage1857]

This is just wonderful!

[@marcelob3490]

Impresionante! ...gracias 👍 Saludos desde Argentina

[@martiniv8924]

I was lucky enough to visit the Vasa 👌🏻😎

[@tonywoodham7362]

Haven't they made a wonderful job of restoring this beautiful ship.

[@kiptorres9210]

That was a gorgeous ship

[@jerrymach9961]

Absolument magnifique !!! Incroyable .

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing, appreciate it a lot! Greets from the Netherlands 🌷, T.

[@derekquintal]

That's totally cool. WOW!

[@muleskinner485]

What a piece of art, ...........

[@guillermocingolani3307]

Excelente

[@e7yu]

Cool, I have never seen these photos and films. 🤔

[@kristofferhellstrom]

Looking forward of visiting the Vasa museum now when the recommendations has been lifted in Sweden! It's been 15 years since i've been there

[@noahellis3672]

Watching the History Channel on the Vasa the ship had to undergo years of a preservation process of being sprayed with a chemical paraffin mix in order to keep the the wood from drying out and rotting. Vasa is also the only 17th century ship in existence. I wish I could tour the museum and see the ship.

[@frederiklunden744]

Why did you remove all your old videos?? They were amazing!

[@tomclaesson4622]

I Wonder the same.. 🤔🤔

[@jaywinters2483]

Bring back the old videos!

[@markbrandon7359]

I love the long cannon, For the most part as long as the projectile is within the bore it accelerates thing is black powder burns pretty slow they found that if the barrel was too long the projectile was faster than the burn rate of the powder.

[@JorgeRodriguez-ie5xb]

Tuve el privilegio de ver esa maravillosa nave en el museo Vasa !!! Imponente!

[@bigeddie1231]

That is just awesome

[@Stafford-d8u]

That’s amazing

[@Kaiserzeit1871]

Die Wasa war eine Fehlkonstruktion, aber eine wunderschöne.

[@luizalbertorodrigues4560]

Sensational.very beautiful

[@ayazsiddiqui9755]

Excellent.

[@Sturmer69]

amazing!!!!!

[@manueljonathancaceres1265]

2:45 Stand up! Salute One! Rest in Peace Sailor.

[@TY-pf6vb]

Impressive.

[@mechanicman8687]

This was real interesting and I want to find out more about it and hopefully go visit it

[@christineterry3079]

400 years old I would to go and see this .

[@KINGSMAN_101]

Incredible

[@davidbarnsley8486]

Was the only model boat I ever built as a child

[@claudioscali3241]

Che meraviglia!

[@evilbeetlekustomscreations4965]

This is unreal I can't believe how preserved it is you know aliens ain't going to find nothing that we make now that far into the future most stuff won't last a week 🤣

[@rainman7992]

i'm sure somebody on shore, during the time the ship floundered, probably joked about somebody finding the ship in 300 years.

[@dunruden9720]

foundered.

[@danielbombardier1224]

Fantastique!

[@RikunVideot]

It is my national duty to tell you that, and for the record, four Finnish college students smuggled a small bronze statue of a famous Finnish runner on the deck of the Wasa ship as a prank, right before the the deck became visible. I will let somebody else tell why this student prank was such a sweet revenge... I just watched my pictures of this ship yesterday from our sailing trip to Stockholm years ago. It's a museum worth visiting!

[@erikmathiesen856]

I have seen it for real in Stockholm and i can only say: the ship was amazing ♥️♥️♥️

[@korypo303]

Superb! Where are the rest of the videos!?

[@mariottigustavo8002]

MUY BUENAS IMÁGENES SALUDOS DESDE ROSARIO REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA 🇦🇷 GUSTAVO ERNESTO MARIOTTI 18/11/2021 01:25 HS AM " GEM "

[@edgardascoli640]

A special WOW!!! 👏👏👏 & 👍

[@gustavusviadolphus8377]

Look, this warship was not sunk! It SANK due to a construction mistake. In addition to that mistake the original shipwright passed away while this ship was built. His assistant had to take over but there were no plans available. These plans were in the deceased shipwrights head as usual in these days. An other mistake was that king Gustav II Adolf had ordered to equip the ship with more guns. This led to instability which had already been evident during stability tests. Reports say that the ships sails cought wind coming from the heights of Söder (the southern district of Stockholm) and the ship immediately started to heel and as her gun ports near the waterline were all open she took too much water and sank. I have also seen the Wasa several times, the first time I think in the early 1960s a few years after she had been raised. It is amazing to look at her each time.

[@clovisluizfaber6123]

Inacreditável.

[@reubeng2110]

how deep was she sunk and how hard it must have been to salvage those cannons?

[@andreswagner741]

Impresióniante...está casi intacto..

[@johnroddy8756]

Amazing condition and the restoration top class,The feeling now days Is to leave missing areas,in buildings different material to show what old and new.To to this on a this Ship would ruin it.

[@rudy6047]

Magnifique

[@jordanjr5900]

Como esse navio ficou PRESERVADO....???? é surreal...!!

[@steffenrosmus9177]

Sugar and water was used for preservation

[@bullgrim]

Impressive. Can you upload more footage, please?

[@noahellis3672]

The History Channel has a video on the Vasa especially about her sinking and salvage and preservation efforts.

[@JRos-qc6kw]

The holes you see in the front of the ship are the toilets. Nice view! 😀

[@rozzyretreat3300]

A ship never shat on

[@JRos-qc6kw]

@@rozzyretreat3300 ???? Nobody has ever seen the crew of a ship that does not go to the toilet !

[@johnnyofthesticks7260]

They had to wait like THREE CENTURIES, too much in my opinion, so many years.... a little less, and it would be ok.

[@punto144]

Historic

[@danielerickson3391]

A national treasure

[@kristofferhellstrom]

Verkligen. Ser fram emot att besöka museet nu igen efter många år!

[@alexandreduarte3433]

Uma coisa única na história naval!!!!!!!

[@JRos-qc6kw]

Unfortunately for him, he was more dangerous for his crew than for his enemies.

[@Lahna_1]

We learn this in our history

[@JV81]

They even found human remains.

[@bad74maverick1]

I read 25 years ago, that it was one of the few who didn't make it out. It was a young teenage boy who was a gunners mate. When the ship rolled the cannon dislodged itself and pinned the boy.

[@mustlovedogs272]

That's some cool shit right there.

[@edjulio5668]

Extraordinário

[@danielsolarcincotta7196]

el Basa se construyo un museo alrededor del barco

[@luisbravo616]

Precioso

[@JJ-cf7nb]

Great video. The music however, is beyond terrible.

[@paulorosemberg9469]

Uau incrível

[@tihzho]

How were the bronze cannons salvaged in the 17th century with no diving equipment?

[@fredhocker2010]

Divers using a diving bell and a crane from the surface.

[@Ebel2812]

Ich habe das Museum 2020 besucht.

[@viviennepopek]

👍💖👏

[@celiaengland871]

I'm guessing that in Sweden the word "retired" has a different meaning!

[@lostsoul1813]

Would be so much more informative with less music, but with more comments on what is actually shown, and with more than a couple of seconds for each image on the screen.

[@gillesguillaumin6603]

The ship wich had the shorter life of all navies. Less than one n/m. Pity, she is beautyful. I would like to know what was exactly the problem.

[@Vermiliontea]

Too many guns. That's one way to describe it. In those days, they balanced the ship by pulling on a rope tied to a mast, and loading ballast into the ship until some criteria, concerning heeling angle and force on the rope, was achieved. The other part that had to be watched simultaneously, was how deep in the water the hull was. If it gets too low, before you have reached the desired ballast, you have to remove weight higher up. That was normally guns, but you can also remove sculptures, cut down the rig (shorter masts), or even remove a deck at the head or stern. In short, you had a choice between how stiff you wanted the ship to be, or how many guns. For various reasons, which I don't know, this process wasn't entirely properly finished, before it was decided to sail her a short distance. Her lower gun ports were open. I don't remember why. Salute? Fresh air? Anyway, lots of sail up, there was a sudden gale force gust pushing her over. The water gushed in through the open ports. She never straightened again. Heavy cannons rolled across the deck and increased the imbalance. I don't subscribe to the notion that Wasa was exactly designed wrong. But in the sense of how many guns the King wanted her to have, she was. They would have had to remove guns or change the higher up guns for smaller, and load more ballast. And if she had survived that first short trip, that is probably what would have happened. But then we would never have been able to see and examine her today.

[@CarlosRodriguez-hq3gg]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@jorgebarranco4200]

How can a human body can be preserve for more of 300 years under water???

[@marcoalbertomilocco7477]

Vista dal vero

[@lobitterboy4130]

Where is the ship now ?

[@kristofferhellstrom]

At the Vasa museum in Stockholm, Sweden. It's incredible!

[@davidlegg9690]

Good video but how about some commentary nerds of this world need more.

[@bruceradford9031]

🤙🏻🇺🇸

[@fechaed]

É o Pérola, digo o Holandês Voador, digo o Sueco Rompedor...

[@coloradomountainman8659]

Could have been a good documentary but with the non-linear photography and the annoying background "music", this video failed miserably.

[@pano.ramix.9834]

Il y a du pognon à récupérer dans ce bateaux ou quoi..? De où ont dérange les morts..😤

[@warrenchambers4819]

Says in the beginning it was retired? What after 20mins of sailing or the 600yrs under da sea???? Haha

[@robertcornelius3514]

If it had been made in China, well then... one year at the most.

[@gagarions]

Black Pearl

[@hansjohansson8053]

👍🇸🇪❤️.

[@jackmoore6904]

Very interesting. But I had to mute that god awful music.

[@terryknutson3202]

Just wonder at what it wood be like to watch the men build this very same ship!!!!!!!!!!!!!>>>>>>>>>>>:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::???????????????????????????

[@totokingkong1]

The dead body still had meat on the bones, shoes, pants etc...

[@Lahna_1]

Oh i know where that is

[@michaelmacauley3875]

Surely once body's where found on this ship it should have been put back on sea bed and left as a sea grave never to be touched ??????

[@email4664]

nope-everything is studied, and recorded

[@JoeRocket-sf6qs]

The soundtrack is making my ears bleed.

[@hopatease1]

Sweeden look out Poland ..Poland ha ha ha ha .

[@memyselfandi9365]

Terrible music...