Vasa Ship Stability Test That Proved She Would Capsize
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The Vasa ship stability test in 1628 showed the warship would capsize, yet she sailed anyway and sank within minutes. This short explains how thirty sailors running across the deck heeled her so dangerously that the test was stopped, and why the open lower gunports doomed her on 10 August 1628.
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