The Vasa Museum Stockholm Revisited

Matchlock · 8th March 2009, 06:36 PM

The ship sank in 1628.

As the light at the museum is very low many of the pics are quite poor.

A note on the firearms: they were not recovered from the wreck but are on loan from the collections at the Livrustkammaren, the former Royal Arsenal. Sadly they are inappropriate pieces in that they were made 20-30 years after the ship had sunken. The matchlock musket is from the 1640's, the two wheel-lock pistols from the 1640's and 1650's respectively.

Note the two incendiary quoits.

Michael

8th March 2009, 06:36 PM	#1
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	The Vasa Museum Stockholm Revisited The ship sank in 1628. As the light at the museum is very low many of the pics are quite poor. A note on the firearms: they were not recovered from the wreck but are on loan from the collections at the Livrustkammaren, the former Royal Arsenal. Sadly they are inappropriate pieces in that they were made 20-30 years after the ship had sunken. The matchlock musket is from the 1640's, the two wheel-lock pistols from the 1640's and 1650's respectively. Note the two incendiary quoits. Michael Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 8th March 2009 at 06:56 PM.