A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a majestic warship that ...

The royal warship Vasa is seen at the Vasamuseet museum in Stockholm on April ... told The Associated Press that women were not part of the crew in the Swedish navy in the 17th century, but they could ...

Photo: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP 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 ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A Swedish museum has initiated a four-year project to preserve the Vasa, a 17th-century warship that sank shortly after its maiden voyage due to a design flaw ...

Workers install a new metallic support structure around the 17th-century warship Vasa at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm - Copyright AFP Jonathan NACKSTRAND Workers ...

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 ...