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Re:Vasa's sister ship Äpplet found by sorenjan on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @01:56PM (#33334004)
Vasa wasn't named after the royal house, it was named after the vase[0] on the heraldic symbol for the house of Vasa[1]. A vase is probably best described as a fasces. Äpplet was probably named after a globus cruciger[2], or "national apple" (riksäpple), part of the regalia of Sweden.

[0] https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vase_(heraldisk_symbol)

[1] https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa%C3%A4tten#/media/Fil:COA-...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus_cruciger

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Re:Vasa's sister ship Äpplet found by BurningFrog on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @02:18PM (#33334249)
It seems that Gustav I also took the name Vasa from the heraldic symbol, though the Wikipedia article doesn't say so directly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Vasa

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Re:Vasa's sister ship Äpplet found by rags2riches on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @06:03PM (#33336738)
Gustav was known as "Gustav Eriksson" in his day, "Eriksson" being a patronym. Family names wasn't really a thing at the time, as coat of arms were. The form "Gustav Eriksson Vasa" first appears in the 17th century and simply "Gustav Vasa" isn't used before the 18th.
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Re:Vasa's sister ship Äpplet found by vintermann on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @04:22PM (#33335631)
The classic "holy hand grenade".
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