Sunday was my bucket list to visit The Vasa Museum - one of the foremost tourist attractions in the World - 20,000,000 visitors in 11 years.

We arrived by ferry and walked the short distance to the museum.

Vasa was built in 1628 and on her maiden voyage sank within a few hundred metres as the ship was top heavy. The ship lay on the bottom of Stockholm Harbour for 333 years. It was raised in 1961.

I was in awe as we first saw the Vasa in all her glory. Vasa is 69 metres long, 12 metres wide and 53 metres from the keel to the top of the mast. Designed for battle the Vasa had a crew of 145 and 300 soldiers, who slept on the deck, 86 cannons in 2 rows. There are hundreds of sculptured figures, many were ornately painted including the Royal Coat of Arms 14,000 objects found and catalogued.

An amazing museum.

My fascination of old ships stems from my Great Grandfather Captain Christopher Columbus Fry and his vessel the Venus.

Written by Darryl