Who Sank the Vasa?

When it launched in 1628 the Vasa was the world's most powerful warship. 20 minutes later it was at the bottom of Stockholm Harbour. Join us at the Vasamuseet to find out the reason she sank and who is to blame.

#EngineeringEurope #Stockholm #Sweden

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Subtitles by:
GERMAN: Caspar von Campenhausen
POLISH: Piotr Matuszak

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[AngelVazquez-xhdh]

I went to that museum when I was 16yo and it was wonderful seeing the only "living" vessel from that time. Now I'm about to finish my Naval Architect degree.

[gavinyeomans]

god bless tom scott for platforming such incredible creators such as yourself. great work on this!

[schlepper]

That’s got to be the worst pirate I’ve ever seen

[chinashorts]

That's almost exactly the kind of thing you'd find on a well funded TV show. I hope you guys get lots of funding and your own show, you've definitely earned it. Some executives need to see this.

[snigwithasword]

2:00 Missed opportunity: "If we assume a perfectly cylindrical Vasa..."

[stianberg]

2:00 My gods it is a good thing you wore safety glasses for that experiment, you absolute madlad!

Jk. I know, it is a general rule. Well made documentary! good use of the museum resources too

[ciphergalm]

much better than history channel...they would've said aliens sank it 👽

[Anonymous-zudh]

As a Swede that have been to the museum and heard other things from the ship due to it being a very historical thing. This explanation was really well done.

[remcovanwoerkom]

Nice production quality and very informative!

[tsartodd]

i remember seeing this in a museum in Stockholm. it was so obvious why it sank, it was so mad top heavy. why did they think that this thing was seaworthy?!?

[kgiese]

Good content. Comfortable length, good production, well researched and likeable presenter. Thank you and keep it up!

[johnsamu]

The Swedish king saved a lot of lives by sinking his own ship before the enemy could do so 😉😁
The Swedish justice system was surprisingly good at that time by NOT blaming the lowest guy in the picking order.

[Mctrippzy]

I went to see it in 2001 when I was 11, it’s massive and brilliantly crafted. Shame but at least it lasted all this time. A must go if you ever visit Stockholm.

[turinmormegil]

Three or two years ago, I bought a illustration of Vasa and put it into a frame and hanged it on the wall beside of my bed. I knew nothing about famous vessels of this period, but I wanted one that seemed very elegant and that gave that old antique vieb to my room. Out of the ones the artist showed me, I found Vasa to be the most beatiful and exquisite, but he only told me it sank- which, to be fair, most famous and old ships eventually also did. When I got home I searched it's history to see if I picked, by chance and ramdomly, a famous ship that I was unaware of, and, since then, when I look at it, I always remember that fated failed maiden voyage. A monument fo failure, indeed! And a strong reminder against hastened enterprises and undertakings, whichever they might be.

[KGJT]

we have a local legend where i live that the engineer responsible for the blueprints fled up here to get away from the inquiries regarding why the ship sank

[patrik]

As a Swede, I have visited Vasamuseet several times. I learned more from this <7m video.

[gummykangaroo]

Thank you for this video! It is very informative and very qualitative! I'm looking forward to watch more content created by you!

[trex_]

Woah I just realised how much subs you have and you definitely deserve more. Such high quality for such little subs and extremely informative.

[josephbennett]

Nice job, James! Very impressed with what you're doing.

[markmarsh]

Totally amazing that 400 years underwater have barely affected this beautiful ship. ... SUBSCRIBED!