Naval Ships of Sweden - Active Naval Ships of Sweden, Age of Sail Naval Ships of Sweden, Cruisers of Sweden, Destroyers of Sweden (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: Active naval ships of Sweden, Age of Sail naval ships of Sweden, Cruisers of Sweden, Destroyers of Sweden, Frigates of Sweden, Mine warfare vessels of Sweden, Monitors of Sweden, Ships of the Royal Swedish Navy, Submarines of Sweden, Vasa, Kronan, Turuma, Hemmema, Combat Boat 90, Udema, Gotland class submarine, List of destroyers of the Royal Swedish Navy, List of ships of the line of the Royal Swedish Navy, Pojama, HMS Ulla Fersen, Swedish frigate Venus, A26 submarine, List of mine warfare vessels of the Royal Swedish Navy, List of ships of the Swedish Navy, List of submarines of the Royal Swedish Navy, Halland class destroyer, List of active ships in the Swedish Navy, Vastergotland class submarine, Visby class destroyer, Sodermanland class submarine, Styrso class mine countermeasures vessel, HMS Orion, HMS Carlskrona, Goteborg class destroyer, Oland class destroyer, Ostergotland class destroyer, HMS Trosso, G class landing craft, HMS Sundsvall, HMS Spica, HMS Belos, HMS Visborg, HMS Alvsnabben, HMS M 20, Combat Boat 2010, HMS Ejdern, List of cruisers of the Royal Swedish Navy, List of monitors of the Royal Swedish Navy. Excerpt: Vasa (or Wasa) was a Swedish warship that was built from 1626 to 1628. The ship foundered and sank after sailing less than a nautical mile (ca 2 km) into its maiden voyage on 10 August 1628. It fell into obscurity after most of its valuable bronze cannons were salvaged in the 17th century. After it was located again in the late 1950s in a busy shipping lane just outside the Stockholm harbor, it was salvaged with a largely intact hull in 1961. It was housed in a temporary museum called Wasavarvet ("The Wasa Wharf") till 1987 and then moved to the Vasa Museum in Stockholm. The ship is one of Sweden's most popular tourist attractions and has been seen by over 29 million visitors since 1961. V...