The Vasa Warship can be found at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. The ship when built (in 1626) was the most "hi-tech" design when it set sail, unfortunately it sunk in 1628.
It’s believed that the Vasa sank because the gun deck was simply too heavy, and apparently this mistake was the result of it being designed and built by someone with no experience building such a well-armed ship.
It’s so well preserved that it provides a glimpse of life at sea during the 1600’s almost never seen.
The ship was preserved because it sunk in the harbor where it was docked to shelter it from storms.
The ship was moved to the museum in Stockholm in 1988.
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