This is the Swedish warship Vasa. It sank in 1628 and was recovered from the ocean in 1961, almost completely intact. This is the only remaining intact ship from the 1600’s. This ship is housed in The Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.

Dear Lord, I thought at first it was a miniature. Nope.

OMG how can you post the Vasa without saying the reason it’s so in tact is that it’s so ridiculously badly designed that it sank immediately after setting sail for the first time???

@solrosan! This is up your alley!

Merek Davis

A 282 year old East India Trading Company Ship returns to London for the first time since 1787.

By artist Mathieu Lauffray.

While sailing in the Mediterranean sea, in 1962, the American aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62) flashed the Italian Amerigo Vespucci with light signal asking «Who are you?», the full rigged ship answered «Training ship Amerigo Vespucci, Italian Navy». The US ship replied «You are the most beautiful ship in the world».