It’s among the best preserved 17th-century ships and the discoveries keep coming. Vasa, a Swedish warship that sank minutes into its maiden voyage in 1628, was pulled from the Stockholm harbor in 1961 ...

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.

The Vasa was to be the ultimate warship, built for speed and power. Impossibly narrow of beam, she carried twice the firepower of other ships of her class -- 64 guns on two gundecks. On her maiden ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) – Swedish scientists say a 17th century warship raised nearly intact from Stockholm’s harbor to become one of the country’s top tourist attractions is deteriorating faster than expected ...

Two 17th-century shipwrecks on the bottom of a busy Swedish shipping channel may be the sister ships of the ill-fated Vasa. Archaeologists with Sweden's Vrak—Museum of Wrecks discovered the vessels in ...

Archaeologists in Sweden have discovered the wreck of a 17th-century warship, the country's Museum of Wrecks, or Vrak, announced Monday. Äpplet was one of four warships created on the order of King ...

In August 2012, Clayton Johnson put the finishing touch on the most important, and time-consuming, project of his artistic career. After years of scratch-building a 1:50 scale model of the Vasa, an ...

In the late 1600s, the Swedish navy scuttled the three aging warships to help control access to a narrow sea channel approaching Stockholm. A complex network of channels and straits weaves among the ...

The Vasa was a magnificent ship. Decorated with symbolic sculptures, carvings and gold leaf, and bronze guns polished to a fare-thee-well, she was built to impress and strike fear as the pride of ...

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