"In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking." - James Russell Lowell, American poet When in Paris on 5th January to present our winning Saxo Bank community from their latest ...

Swedish maritime archaeologists have discovered the long-lost sister vessel of the iconic 17th-century warship "Vasa", which sank on its maiden voyage, the Swedish Museum of Wrecks said on Monday.

A U.S. military laboratory has helped Swedes confirm what was suspected for years: A woman was among those who died on a 17th-century warship that sank on its maiden voyage, the museum that displays ...

“We have realized that a lot of this ship still is preserved. It rests in very shallow water, but despite the fact that people have been salvaging the rig and the guns and so on after the wreckage, a ...

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The Swedish Warship Vasa never made it out of Stockholm harbor. It sank on its maiden voyage in 1628, and nearly 400 years later, the ship is suffering a slow, inexorable decay in Sweden's Vasa Museum ...

Marine archaeologists discovered the wrecks of two well-preserved 17th-century warships off the coast of Vaxholm, a Swedish island near Stockholm, last Tuesday. Per a press release from Stockholm’s ...

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The Vasa, a 17th century Swedish warship, brought up from the bottom of the sea and uniquely preserved in its entirety. Photo:Karolina Kristensson, Vasamuseet/SMTM A new exhibition at Stockholm's Vasa ...

The bronze replica cannon. Photo: Beth Dacey. A replica of one of the cannons present on Stockholm's iconic Vasa warship when it sank in 1628 is being tested for the first time in central Sweden.