Researchers are unsure of the vessel’s age or how long it was in service, but they were able to determine that it likely sank during a storm in the 17th or 18th century. “The small ship almost ...

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Workers install a new metallic support structure around the 17th-century warship Vasa at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm. Since then, the ship, which is largely intact, has been exhibited at the ...

Thanks to this meticulous restoration, the ship is considered the only preserved 17th-century ship in the world and the oldest fully preserved warship in the world. Today, the Vasa Museum is the ...

“Today we put in a part of the new support structure, one cradle, and it’s needed because the ship needs better support ... the new structure around the 17th century warship.

"Today we put in a part of the new support structure, one cradle, and it's needed because the ship needs better support ... the new structure around the 17th century warship.

“Today we put in a part of the new support structure, one cradle, and it’s needed because the ship needs better support ... the new structure around the 17th century warship.

and it's needed because the ship needs better support, because the old one from 1961 doesn't cut it anymore," said project leader Peter Rydebjork, showing off the new structure around the 17th century ...