Type: Battleship Category: Navy Country: Sweden, 1628 Scale: 1:100 Volume: 29 х A3 and 1 х А4 Guidance in English Wasa Ship-of-the-Line was conceived and designed as a 'machine of war' and should have been as a symbol of the Swedish idea of the supremacy in the Baltic sea. Wasa was also created to serve as warship – so called sailing symbol of Gustav II Adolf, the king and Sweden. According to the king's concept, the new ship was to become the flagship of the Swedish Royal Navy, the largest and most heavily armed ship of all existed ships in the countries with access to the Baltic. Wasa was the most expensive and richly decorated ship in the Swedish Navy. However, she was the unluckiest ship ever. Just after launching from yardship, her maiden voyage made no more just 1300m when she was turned over under the strong gust of wind.
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