A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a majestic warship that sank nearly 400 years ago and is now one of Sweden's most popular ...

The royal warship Vasa is seen at the Vasamuseet museum in Stockholm on April 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Scanpix Sweden, Anders Wiklund, File) COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A U.S. military laboratory has helped ...

Sweden is embarking on a colossal four-year project to safeguard a nearly 400-year-old warship that is the centrepiece of its famous Vasa Museum. The ship, one of Stockholm’s main tourist ...

On its maiden voyage in 1628, the most powerful warship in the Baltic, the Vasa, was afloat only minutes ... encounter long lines and crowds during Stockholm's peak season (summer).

In the heart of Stockholm, where maritime history ... to royal ambition and maritime engineering. Housing the Vasa, a 17th-century warship that sank on its maiden voyage in August 1628, the ...

A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a majestic warship that sank nearly 400 years ago and is now one of Sweden's most popular tourist ...

Originally intended to sail to the southern Baltic, the three-masted Vasa -- a symbol of a rising Swedish kingdom -- sank only a few hundred metres into its maiden voyage in 1628. After just ...