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Chronology Swedish Warship Vasa (Wasa) Sunk 1628

Chronology Swedish Warship Vasa (Wasa) Sunk 1628 This is the Swedish Warship Vasa (Wasa), which weighed 1200 tons, sunk in 1628, discovered in 1961 in a 90% intact condition. This type of ship was built with a model and technology similar to the Anunciada ship, the largest warship belonging to the Portuguese navy which successfully conquered Malacca in 1511.  After the fall of the Malacca kingdom at the hands of the Portuguese, the Sultan of Malacca Mahmud Syah fled to Bintan Island asking for help from the Ming Dynasty and several Islamic kingdoms in the archipelago to reclaim Malacca.  Pati Unus really understood that the main strength of the Portuguese was their navy. The Portuguese had strong ships, even stronger than the Majapahit ships. Apart from that, the Portuguese had used cannons installed on each ship, where at that time the cannon was the ultimate weapon that could not be matched by any other weapon.  Therefore, Pati Unus' first step was to revive the stren