Why the Swedish Vasa Ship Sank – An Engineer's Explanation

Re:Why the Swedish Vasa Ship Sank – An Engineer's Explanation by rixrax on Friday August 10, 2018 @06:53PM (#17737278)

I recently read Wikipedia[0] article about Vasa which in my opinion is a worthy read that covers many aspects not covered by the linked article.

Fun fact: statue of 20th-century Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi, was placed (by SCUBA) on the ship as a prank by students of Helsinki University of Technology the night before the final lift and remains till today as part of cataloged artifacts.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)

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Re:Why the Swedish Vasa Ship Sank – An Engineer's Explanation by danielvf on Saturday August 11, 2018 @07:40AM (#17739289)

There's a little bit of extra context there.

A Swedish led committee prevented Paavo Nurmi from entering the 1932 olympics, on what people, then and now, regard as trumped up charges. (Nurmi had won nine gold medals in the previous three olympics) The affair was dragged out over many months, with the committee constantly ignoring the usual way these things were handled, and the final appeal denial happening at the olympics with Nurmi there to compete.

Finland was mad! They cut off all sporting cooperation with Sweden. And as this prank shows, they have never really forgotten it.

https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kONFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EL4M...

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