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On its maiden voyage in 1628, the most powerful warship in the Baltic, the Vasa, was afloat only minutes before capsizing in front of stunned onlookers in the city's harbor. Hundreds of years ...
Sweden's Vasa sank on her maiden voyage in 1628 because it was top-heavy with too many cannons. The Austro-Hungarian Tegetthoff-class battleships had inadequate underwater protection and saw ...