Wasa Model Sailing Ship
The King of Sweden commissioned the Wasa ship of 1628, the finest and most lavishly decorated vessel of the Swedish Navy. During her construction in 1626 – 1628, the King insisted to the shipbuilder, Henrk Hybertsson, that a
second row of cannons be installed.
In spite of knowing the alterations including of the addition of extra cannons would cause the ship to become incredibly top heavy and non-sea worthy, Henrk obediently fulfilled his King’s wishes constructing the cannons to the
King specifications. Inevitably, the Wasa sunk in a mere 20 minutes after her predictably doomed maiden launch in 1628.
After 333 years at the bottom of the sea, the Wasa was miraculously resurrected and restored to her original glory. Hers was the first recovery of its kind and a precedent-setting venture. The liberated artifacts and wood were permeated with a preservative, polyethylene glycol, upon their removal from their forbidding sea grave of an insurmountable number of years.
Her six sails were scrupulously unfurled in a shallow pool to their original splendor. From the wreck site, divers were able to heroically rescue more than 3,000 magnificently various artifacts. The brilliantly resurrected Wasa ship is now showcased completely refurbished to her original majesty at the Statens
Sjohistoriska Museum in Sweden at the Stockholm waterfront where she has since become one of the most popular attractions.
This historic wooden model ship allows you to capture the original splendor and beauty of the Wasa as well as the landmark, precedent-setting affair of her revival.
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