The Vasa Report
Introduction
From the given case study, we learn about the majestic warship called Vasa. The Vasa was the largest arsenal ship ever built in Sweden. She was built under the rule of King Gustavus II Adolphus. He was known as an intelligent and brave fighter. He assumed the throne after the death of his father in October 1611. In January 1625, the Swedish admiralty signed a contract to build four ships with the master shipwright, which were to be used in the king’s navy. Two were small ships with 108ft keel length and two were larger ships with 135ft keel length. The Vasa was supposed to be the first large ship, which was to be completed in 1626 and the smaller ship was to be completed in 1627.
On September 20, 1625, the Swedish …show more content…
This was the most drastic change that was made to the Vasa. This caused a big problem as no one including Hybertsson and Jacobsson has ever built a ship of this specification. The double decks would have had superiority in the battlefield but the Vasa was never designed to hold more than one deck. So now the Vasa’s Hull had to be increased to hold the extra deck. Originally the plan was that the upper deck holds 24 smaller guns and the lower deck holds 36 larger guns to improve stability but now the king demanded that the lower deck should have 30 larger guns and the upper deck must have 30 smaller guns. At an engineering point of view this would decrease the stability of the ship. To make matters even worse the king demanded that the ship must now have 32 larger guns on each deck. The reason behind this was to have greater fire power and have just one type of …show more content…
It was very clear after his testimony that he and his crew were neither intoxicated nor did they have anything to do with the capsizing of the Vasa. After months of interrogations and investigations it was finally concluded that “Only God knows,” as stated by Arendt de Groot.
A man named Anders Franzen, finally found the Vasa after 5 years of searching and 333 years of being submerged at an unknow location in the sea. He used a device like a fishing rod but he made a modification to the hook which helped him locate the ship. This was published in 1956, and the discovery of the Vasa was announced to the world. Anders formed a team and started building structures for two years so that he could raise the Vasa out of the Baltic Sea, as it weighed almost twice its original weight. In 1961 the ship was finally raised and to their surprise the ship was in excellent condition. This was due to the low salinity levels in the Baltic sea. But now since the Vasa was out of the water, it had to face the air which could cause the water-logged wood to start cracking. So, to avoid this from happening, Anders and his team decided to use a painstaking process, to make sure that the ship does not dry up and start cracking. The Vasa was then Power sprayed with polyethylene glycol and water. This helped dry the wood but at the same time
Introduction
From the given case study, we learn about the majestic warship called Vasa. The Vasa was the largest arsenal ship ever built in Sweden. She was built under the rule of King Gustavus II Adolphus. He was known as an intelligent and brave fighter. He assumed the throne after the death of his father in October 1611. In January 1625, the Swedish admiralty signed a contract to build four ships with the master shipwright, which were to be used in the king’s navy. Two were small ships with 108ft keel length and two were larger ships with 135ft keel length. The Vasa was supposed to be the first large ship, which was to be completed in 1626 and the smaller ship was to be completed in 1627.
On September 20, 1625, the Swedish …show more content…
This was the most drastic change that was made to the Vasa. This caused a big problem as no one including Hybertsson and Jacobsson has ever built a ship of this specification. The double decks would have had superiority in the battlefield but the Vasa was never designed to hold more than one deck. So now the Vasa’s Hull had to be increased to hold the extra deck. Originally the plan was that the upper deck holds 24 smaller guns and the lower deck holds 36 larger guns to improve stability but now the king demanded that the lower deck should have 30 larger guns and the upper deck must have 30 smaller guns. At an engineering point of view this would decrease the stability of the ship. To make matters even worse the king demanded that the ship must now have 32 larger guns on each deck. The reason behind this was to have greater fire power and have just one type of …show more content…
It was very clear after his testimony that he and his crew were neither intoxicated nor did they have anything to do with the capsizing of the Vasa. After months of interrogations and investigations it was finally concluded that “Only God knows,” as stated by Arendt de Groot.
A man named Anders Franzen, finally found the Vasa after 5 years of searching and 333 years of being submerged at an unknow location in the sea. He used a device like a fishing rod but he made a modification to the hook which helped him locate the ship. This was published in 1956, and the discovery of the Vasa was announced to the world. Anders formed a team and started building structures for two years so that he could raise the Vasa out of the Baltic Sea, as it weighed almost twice its original weight. In 1961 the ship was finally raised and to their surprise the ship was in excellent condition. This was due to the low salinity levels in the Baltic sea. But now since the Vasa was out of the water, it had to face the air which could cause the water-logged wood to start cracking. So, to avoid this from happening, Anders and his team decided to use a painstaking process, to make sure that the ship does not dry up and start cracking. The Vasa was then Power sprayed with polyethylene glycol and water. This helped dry the wood but at the same time