The Collins Family on the Web - The Baltic: Stockholm, Sweden

A 'drive-by' photo of the National Geographic Explorer docked at Stockholm's Gamla Stan (Old Town). The morning fog was lifting as we road the bus to the Vasa Museum.

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A 'drive-by' photo of the National Geographic Explorer docked at Stockholm's Gamla Stan (Old Town). The morning fog was lifting as we road the bus to the Vasa Museum. / A 'drive-by' photo of the National Geographic Explorer docked at Stockholm's Gamla Stan (Old Town). The morning fog was lifting as we road the bus to the Vasa Museum.

The Vasa Museum displays the preserved Vasa ship and many of its artifacts

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The Vasa Museum displays the preserved Vasa ship and many of its artifacts / The Vasa Museum displays the preserved Vasa ship and many of its artifacts

The Vasa Ship was built from 1626-28. It sank in the Stockholm harbor less than a nautical mile into its maiden voyage. Well-preserved in the low salinity waters typical of the Baltic, the wreck was found in 1956 and salvaged in 1961. It owes its poor seaworthiness to the fact that Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus, who commissioned the building of the vessel, meddled too much in its design.

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The Vasa Ship was built from 1626-28. It sank in the Stockholm harbor less than a nautical mile into its maiden voyage. Well-preserved in the low salinity waters typical of the Baltic, the wreck was found in 1956 and salvaged in 1961. It owes its poor seaworthiness to the fact that Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus, who commissioned the building of the vessel, meddled too much in its design. / The Vasa Ship was built from 1626-28. It sank in the Stockholm harbor less than a nautical mile into its maiden voyage. Well-preserved in the low salinity waters typical of the Baltic, the wreck was found in 1956 and salvaged in 1961. It owes its poor seaworthiness to the fact that Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus, who commissioned the building of the vessel, meddled too much in its design.

The Vasa Ship

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The Vasa Ship / The Vasa Ship

The Vasa Ship

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The Vasa Ship / The Vasa Ship

The Vasa Ship

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The Vasa Ship / The Vasa Ship

The bow of the Vasa Ship

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The bow of the Vasa Ship / The bow of the Vasa Ship

The bow of the Vasa Ship

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The bow of the Vasa Ship / The bow of the Vasa Ship

The stern of the Vasa Ship

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The stern of the Vasa Ship / The stern of the Vasa Ship

Detail on the stern of the Vasa Ship

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Detail on the stern of the Vasa Ship / Detail on the stern of the Vasa Ship

Detail on the stern of the Vasa Ship

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Detail on the stern of the Vasa Ship / Detail on the stern of the Vasa Ship

Gun ports on the Vasa Ship

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Gun ports on the Vasa Ship / Gun ports on the Vasa Ship

Vasa Ship detail

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Vasa Ship detail / Vasa Ship detail

Vasa Ship detail

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Vasa Ship detail / Vasa Ship detail

Vasa Ship detail

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Vasa Ship detail / Vasa Ship detail

Vasa Ship detail

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Vasa Ship detail / Vasa Ship detail

The Vasa Ship

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The Vasa Ship / The Vasa Ship

Recreations of Vasa ship decorations painted as they likely would have been originally

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Recreations of Vasa ship decorations painted as they likely would have been originally / Recreations of Vasa ship decorations painted as they likely would have been originally

Recreated cannon port

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Recreated cannon port / Recreated cannon port

Pewter artifacts found in the recovery of the Vasa

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Pewter artifacts found in the recovery of the Vasa / Pewter artifacts found in the recovery of the Vasa