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And there was unreasonable expectation and pressure from management https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_syndrome Edited
Don't link to mobile wikipedia. It is incredibly rude to people who want the normal site, while being of zero benefit to people who want the mobile site.
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There's Vasa Museum[1] in Stockholm with the whole ship. [1] https://www.vasamuseet.se/en/
If you have the opportunity, visiting this museum is highly recommended - they let you walk inside the ship and see both the historical context, as well as the modern restoration process. It's located in a beautiful park and the nearby Nordiska museum is also quite impressive.
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Tangentially, there is an interesting connection between Scandanavia and the Mac: the command key symbol, AKA Saint John's Arms (among others). When I've visited Sweden, it's all over the countryside, on signs marking places of interest.
Another similar tangent: Rambo got his name from the Rambo apple, which in turn got its name from Peter Gunnarsson Ramberg who took the name from Ramberget in Gothenburg.
> The ship's designer was Hein Jakobsson, the same master shipbuilder who completed Vasa. He realized that Vasa had the wrong proportions even before she was launched, which could lead to instability. And indeed, she tipped, foundered and sank on her maiden voyage. > The Apple was therefore built wider than the Vasa, but despite this, the ship was not successful... Being a "master shipbuilder" in those days was appar…
The naming of the first ship is obvious: Vasa was the royal house of Sweden. But why did the king decide to call the second ship "The Apple"? Did he like his Macintosh so much?
Vasa wasn't named after the royal house, it was named after the vase[0] on the heraldic symbol for the house of Vasa[1]. A vase is probably best described as a fasces. Äpplet was probably named after a globus cruciger[2], or "national apple" (riksäpple), part of the regalia of Sweden. [0] https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vase_(heraldisk_symbol) [1] https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa%C3%A4tten#/media/Fil:COA-... [2] http…
Him: “You gonna go see the boat museum?”
Me: “The what?”
Him: “The boat museum. It’s a museum with a boat in it.”
Me: “…just one boat?”
Him: “Trust me. Go see the boat.”
He was right. One of the coolest museums I’ve ever visited in my life.
When I told a coworker I was visiting Stockholm for the first time a few years back, we had the following conversation: Him: “You gonna go see the boat museum?” Me: “The what?” Him: “The boat museum. It’s a museum with a boat in it.” Me: “…just one boat?” Him: “Trust me. Go see the boat.” He was right. One of the coolest museums I’ve ever visited in my life.
> The ship's designer was Hein Jakobsson, the same master shipbuilder who completed Vasa. He realized that Vasa had the wrong proportions even before she was launched, which could lead to instability. And indeed, she tipped, foundered and sank on her maiden voyage. > The Apple was therefore built wider than the Vasa, but despite this, the ship was not successful... Being a "master shipbuilder" in those days was appar…
Hein Jakobsson completed Vasa, but wasn't the original designer. That was Henrik Hybertsson. Jakobsson widened Vasa somewhat to try to improve it, and Äpplet was even wider. Äpplet was in use for almost 30 years, and was deliberately sunk.
As I recall, the king ordered him to add more gun decks, and he did as he was told. Disobeying a king went badly in the 17th century...
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Don't link to mobile wikipedia. It is incredibly rude to people who want the normal site, while being of zero benefit to people who want the mobile site.
It has been said that mobile wikipedia is more user friendly on any platform, basically a more modern user interface than the standard desktop interface. Thus having benefit to everyone.