ID: 700089728 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700089728	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Vasa (warship; Henrik Hybertsson; patron: Gustav II Adolf; laid down 1626; sunk in 1628; Vasa Museum (Stockholm, Stockholm county, Sweden))

Note: 17th-century ship preserved in Vasa museum; noted for having sunk on maiden voyage in Stockholm harbor.

Titles:

Vasa (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,N,Swedish,U,U)

Wasa (C,U,Swedish,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

warship [300212606] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), watercraft, <watercraft by specific type>, <watercraft by function>, naval ships)

ship [300082981]

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), watercraft, <watercraft by general type>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: laid down 1626; sunk in 1628

Creator Display:

Henrik Hybertsson; patron: Gustav II Adolf [preferred,BWR]

patron: Gustav II Adolf []

patron Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (Swedish king, 1594-1632) [500726327]

creator Hybertsson, Henrik (Dutch master shipbuilder, died 1627) [500781786]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Stockholm [7009861] (Geographic)

Other: Destroyed: at sea [8716213] (Geographic)

Current: Vasa Museum (Stockholm, Stockholm county, Sweden) [500779016] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Display Materials: wooden sailing vessel

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

Dimensions: sparred length: 69 m; height: 52.5 m;

Events:

excavation: Sweden raised the wreck in 1961

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, urban planning, and engineering works

Sources and Contributors:
Vasa	........ [VP,BHA,BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3777441
	........ BHA Subject Headings (1985-)
	........ Britannica Academic (2018-)
	........ Eschner, Vasa Sunk (2017)
Wasa	........ [VP,BHA]
	........ BHA Subject Headings (1985-)

Subject: ....... [VP,BWR]

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3777441

....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U52502

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3777441

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 55649

....................... BWR-04 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)

Note:
English	..... [VP,BWR]
	..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	..... BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)