The Warship That Sank After 1,300 Metres
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Discover the tragic story of the Vasa warship, which sank after sailing just 1,300 metres on her maiden voyage. Learn why this 17th-century Swedish ship was doomed from the start and how she was raised whole in 1961. Chapters: 00:00 Thirteen hundred metres 00:12 Three questions 00:24 A ship as a statement 00:36 Two decks of guns 00:48 Nobody could calculate it 01:00 Outside the known range 01:12 The shipwright died mid-build 01:24 They tested her 01:36 They stopped after three 01:48 Nobody told the king 02:00 The gun ports were open 02:12 Down in minutes 02:24 The inquest 02:36 Nobody was blamed 02:48 There was no safe version 03:00 They took the guns and forgot her 03:12 The Baltic preserves wood 03:24 Raised whole in 1961 03:36 The contents were still there 03:48 Five hundred carvings 04:00 A single afternoon, preserved 04:12 Fifteen people 04:24 The carvings were propaganda 04:36 They have faces again 04:48 Seventeen years of spraying 05:00 She is still deteriorating 05:12 She projects it anyway 05:24 The ledger 05:36 Priceless because she failed 05:48 Because nobody would say so
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