CentralNotice Vasa (ship) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Vasa's port bow Career (Sweden) Laid down: 1626 Launched: 1627 Fate: Sank in 1628, salvaged in 1961, currently a museum ship General characteristics Tonnage: 1210 tonnes displacement Length: Sparred Length: 69 m (226 ft) Between perpendiculars 47.5 m (155.8 ft) Beam: 11.7 m (38 ft) Height: 52.5 m (172 ft) Draft: 4.8 m (16 ft) Propulsion: Sails, 1,275 square m (13,720 sq ft) Crew: 145 sailors, 300 soldiers Armament: 64 guns, including: 24-pounders—48 3-pounders—8 1-pounders—2 howitzers —6 Notes: Source for dimensions & Tonnage: "Vasa in Numbers, Vasa Museum Vasa (or Wasa ) [ 1 ] is a Swedish warship built 1626-1628. The ship foundered and sank after sailing about 1,300 m (1,400 yd) into her maiden voyage on 10 August...