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The Vasa is the most intact 17th century warship

The Swedish ship sank on its first voyage in 1628 and was raised in 1961 Vasa capsized in Stockholm harbour after sailing about 1,300 metres, because it carried too much weight high up and too little ballast low down. The cold, brackish, oxygen poor water preserved the oak hull and thousands of carved objects. It was raised almost intact in 1961 and is displayed in a purpose built museum, with conservation work still continuing. It sits in Mondo's records & extremes collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The Swedish ship sank on its first voyage in 1628 and was raised in 1961. The figure is taken from Vasamuseet, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.