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Travel Bug Dog Tag The Vasa Ship

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Released:
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Origin:
Hessen, Germany
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Stockholm, Sunday August 10, 1628

During the afternoon, the Vasa ist warped along the quays of the Old Town. She makes sail in a light breeze. After a few hundred metres the Vasa heels over for a squall but rights herself again. After another squall she begins to list heavily and to take in water through the gunports. Off the island of Beckholmen the ship capsizes. About fifty people drown when the vasa sinks "sails set, flags flying and all".

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The Vasa Ship

Deutsch:

Die Vasa (oder Wasa) war eine schwedische Galeone, die zu den größten und am stärksten bewaffneten Kriegsschiffen ihrer Zeit zählte. Bereits zu Beginn ihrer Jungfernfahrt am 10. August 1628 sank die Vasa nach nur etwa 1300 Metern Fahrtstrecke bei normalem Seegang wegen schwerwiegender konstruktiver Instabilität. Nach ihrer Auffindung 1956 und Bergung 1961 wurde sie mehrfach restauriert und ist heute im Vasa-Museum in Stockholm zu besichtigen. Das Schiff trug den Namen der schwedischen Königsdynastie Wasa(schwedisch vasa). Quelle: Wikipedia

English:

Vasa (or Wasa)[2] is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. The ship founderedafter sailing about 1,300 m (1,400 yd) into her maiden voyage on 10 August 1628. She fell into obscurity after most of her valuable bronze cannons were salvaged in the 17th century until she was located again in the late 1950s in a busy shipping lane just outside the Stockholm harbor. Salvaged with a largely intact hull in 1961, she was housed in a temporary museum called Wasavarvet ("The Wasa Shipyard") until 1988 and then moved to the Vasa Museum in Stockholm.

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Write note 4/10/2020 GeoTJSharp posted a note for it   Visit Log

I’m so sorry to hear the Vasa Ship TB has gone missing! I’m the one who found the TB in Seattle WA USA just before we took a once in a lifetime trip to Sweden for a grandsons PhD defense in Uppsala last April. We were soooo excited to have found the perfect TB to encourage us to geocache in Sweden, which we did lots of. We visited the Vasa ship in Stockholm, then dropped the TB at OTTT #6 - Skansen, not far from the Vasa Ship.

Mark Missing 4/10/2020 track-getters marked it as missing   Visit Log

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Discovered It 8/9/2019 Glenn173 discovered it Västra Götaland, Sweden   Visit Log

Discovered it in "Der Bunker (aka Bunkern)" thanks for showing me and good luck on your future travels.

Dropped Off 8/7/2019 Kiwimannen placed it in Der Bunker (aka Bunkern) Västra Götaland, Sweden - 2.25 miles  Visit Log
Visited 8/7/2019 Kiwimannen took it to Varmbadhuset Västra Götaland, Sweden - 1.83 miles  Visit Log
Visited 8/7/2019 Kiwimannen took it to Toredammen. Västra Götaland, Sweden - 2.64 miles  Visit Log
Visited 8/7/2019 Kiwimannen took it to Toredammen. Västra Götaland, Sweden - 2.64 miles  Visit Log
Visited 8/7/2019 Kiwimannen took it to Bläckfiskskogen Västra Götaland, Sweden - 3.12 miles  Visit Log
Visited 8/7/2019 Kiwimannen took it to Sverige Västra Götaland, Sweden - 248.61 miles  Visit Log
Visited 8/7/2019 Kiwimannen took it to Zodiac of GBG - Taurus (Oxen) Västra Götaland, Sweden - 44.61 miles  Visit Log
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