The wreck of Vasa, a 17th-century Swedish warship, now resides in a custom-built museum in Stockholm. Laser surveys and digital models are helping determine why the ship sank on its maiden voyage ...

The warship ... the sister ship of "Vasa," a different Swedish warship. A gunport of the warship Applet is seen at a strait at Vaxholm, Sweden, in this undated image. (photo credit: Museum ...

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 ...

The royal warship Vasa is seen at the Vasamuseet museum in Stockholm on April 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Scanpix Sweden ... told The Associated Press that women were not part of the crew in the Swedish navy ...

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.

When the human remains found on board the Swedish warship Vasa (1628) were investigated, it was determined that the skeleton designated G was a man. New research now shows that the skeleton is ...

Had its launch succeeded, Vasa may well have been the most powerful warship in the world at that time ... Vasa’s recovery in the 1960s has allowed a glimpse of life into Swedish sailors in the 17th ...

Emailed a photo of the mural, Vasa Museum spokeswoman Martina Siegrist ... the mural shows Vasa since it is the most well-known Swedish warship of all times.” Beside housing the ship itself ...

Marine archaeologists scuba diving off Vaxholm discovered the shipwreck of a 17th century Swedish warship, the Äpplet ... on the wreck of the Äpplet. Photo from the Vrak Museum of Wrecks ...

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 ...