The current position of ASTORIA is at North Sea (coordinates 51.52123 N / 1.63057 E) reported 187 days ago by AIS. The vessel is sailing at a speed of 6.0 knots. The vessel ASTORIA (IMO: 5383304, MMSI 255801380) is a Passenger (Cruise) Ship built in 1948 (73 years old) and currently sailing under the flag of Madeira.

SS Leonardo da Vinci (1958)

A passenger ship is a merchant ship whose primary function is to carry passengers on the sea. While typically passenger ships are part of the merchant marine, passenger ships have also been used as troopships and often are commissioned as naval ships when used as for that purpose.

As Stockholm, she was best known for an accidental collision with Andrea Doria in July 1956, resulting in the sinking of the latter ship and 46 fatalities off the coast of Nantucket….MV Astoria.

Only 1300m into its voyage, a light gust of wind toppled the ship over on its side. As water flooded through the gun portals of the ship, it sank in the shallow waters of Stockholm harbor and lay there at 32m, forgotten.

However, Vasa was dangerously unstable, with too much weight in the upper structure of the hull. Despite this lack of stability, she was ordered to sea and foundered only a few minutes after encountering a wind stronger than a breeze. The order to sail was the result of a combination of factors.

Let us know. Vasa, 17th-century vessel, the mightiest warship of its day, that sank on its maiden voyage. DEATH TOLL: Although the warship was very near to shore, some 30 to 150 people onboard drowned during the vessel’s first voyage. He ordered five heavy-duty warships to be built.

Wiktionary: Vasa → Vaasa. väsa → hiss, fizz, fizzle.

/vasā/ mn. fat variable noun. Fat is a substance used in cooking which is obtained from vegetables or the flesh of animals.

Translate “Vasa” from Swedish to English.

That the Vasa is so remarkably well preserved is based on two factors: the sheltered harbor in which the Vasa lay, and the salinity of the water in the Baltic Sea. Because it lay in a sheltered harbor, the Vasa was protected from storms that would otherwise have destroyed it in the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea.

No it is not possible to go inside the ship. You cannot go inside the ship , but you can watch the whole external part and the deck through many angles and from different floor levels (6 or 7) .. over a year ago.

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1628

Vasa quickly became a national celebrity and suggestions for how to raise the ship soon started pouring in. By pumping the pontoons almost full of water, then tightening the cables and pumping the water back out, Vasa could be broken free of the mud and lifted and moved into shallower water.

The Vasa, which sank near Stockholm on its first sailing in 1628, was not a Viking ship. (The age of the Vikings ended in the 11th century.)

The Mary Rose sank in July 1545 in the battle of the Solent, as Henry VIII looked on. It was no gentle sinking; the ship – propelled by the weight of her hull, 600 crew, stores, cargo, ballast and guns – hit the seabed with such force that her keel came to rest three metres below the estuarine mud of the Solent floor.

A French cavalry officer present at the battle stated that the Mary Rose had been sunk by French guns. A cannonball low in the hull would enable water to flood in, making the ship unstable and leading to her sinking. Perhaps that was why the ship turned so suddenly.

Over 130 longbows and several thousand arrows were found on the Mary Rose, so she must have been carrying a number of longbow archers. Examination of the skeletal remains shows that many men had a condition called os acromiale, which affected their shoulder blades.

Naming. The common explanation for the ship’s name was that it was inspired by Henry VIII’s favourite sister, Mary Tudor, and the rose as the emblem of the Tudors.

The Mary Rose was a successful warship for Henry VIII for 34 years: almost the entire duration of his reign. While he may have had many ships, it is the Mary Rose that is remembered as his favourite. Notably, the life of the Mary Rose coincides almost exactly with the reign of Henry VIII.

Although Eleanor was only a small child when the Mary Rose was excavated in 1982, she has inherited the legacy of the conservators and volunteers who came before her. After its excavation, the Mary Rose was initially put into passive storage and constantly kept moist with chilled water.

While “sea of bitterness or sorrow” seems to be the most probable, some sources give the alternative definitions of “rebellion,” “wished-for child,” and “mistress or lady of the sea.” The name, borne in the Bible by the virgin mother of Jesus, has become one of the most enduringly popular names in the Christian world.

MEANING: This name is a combination (composed, blended name) of “Mary” and “Rose”. It is of Hebrew, Latin, (Greek) and Germanic origin and comes from the following roots: (MIRIAM) and (RŎSA) (HROD / HRÔMA).

About 500 men died when the ship sank. There was no list of crew names, just a list of numbers, and only the names of the vice admiral, Sir George Carew and the master, Roger Grenville are known.

A Tudor tragedy There may have been up to 700 men on board the Mary Rose when she sank, of which fewer than 40 survived.

500 years

Ship Building Ships were generally built of oak. Lots of oak trees were needed to make the different timbers used in a ship. Choosing the right trees could be difficult; they were selected for the shape of timbers that could be cut from them. About 600 trees were needed to build the Mary Rose!