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How far did the Swedish warship Vasa travel on her maiden voyage in 1628 before capsizing?
Two light gusts were enough; water poured through the open lower gunports and she went down in Stockholm harbour with around 30 dead.
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The Vasa, Sweden's Mightiest Warship, Which Sank 20 Minutes into Her Maiden Voyage on 10 August 1628 The Vasa, the most expensively armed warship in the world, capsized in Stockholm harbour on 10 August 1628 after sailing barely 1,300 metres, killing around 30 people. Everyone knew she was unstable; nobody could tell the king. Raised in 1961, she is now the world's best-preserved 17th-century ship.
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