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Fofolito t1_itoisjy wrote

Cool.

From the article, after Vasa sank three ships were ordered from the same shipwright to similar designs. They were the Crown, Sceptre, and this one, Applet (Apple). Two of these ships served in war and this one was sunk on purpose, upon decommissioning, likely as a submerged spike-strip to foul unawares attackers.

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banestyrelsen t1_itowzac wrote

I believe all four ships were ordered simultaneously but they started building Vasa first. Already during construction they thought it would be unstable so they made the other three ships wider.

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tepkel t1_its8lh3 wrote

>In the summer of 1628, the captain responsible for supervising construction of the ship, Söfring Hansson, arranged for the ship's stability to be demonstrated for Vice Admiral Fleming, who had recently arrived in Stockholm from Prussia.

"Man, this ship seems really unstable. Guess we better test it to see"

>Thirty men ran back and forth across the upper deck to start the ship rolling, but the admiral stopped the test after they had made only three trips, as he feared the ship would capsize.

"Man, this ship is really unstable. Guess we better not take it too far on it's maiden voyage"

>The ship sank after sailing roughly 1,300 m into her maiden voyage on 10 August 1628.

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AnaphoricReference t1_itp6zlb wrote

When you scuttle a ship in the entrance of a harbour defensively, as a blockship, this is usually done to force those that enter the harbour to sail in closer to the cannons of a fortress.

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TheNaug t1_itpi9al wrote

The -et suffix is the definitive form, like adding "the" to a word.

Äpplet = The Apple

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