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Lesson 27-1The 'Vasa'

From the seventeenth-century empire of Sweden, the story of a galleon that sank at the start of her maiden voyage in 1628 must be one of the strangest tales of the sea. For nearly three and a half centuries she lay at the bottom of Stockholm harbour until her discovery in 1956. This was the Vasa, royal flagship of the great imperial fleet.

King Gustavus Adolphus, 'The Northern Hurricane', then at the height of his military success in the Thirty Years' War, had dictated her measurements and armament. Triple gun-decks mounted sixty-four bronze cannon. She was intended to play a leading role in the growing might of Sweden.

As she was prepared for her maiden voyage on August 10, 1628, Stockholm was in aferment. From the Skeppsbron and surrounding islands the people watched this thing of beauty begin to spread her sails and catch the wind.

/ˈlɛsən/ 27-1/ði/ 'Vasa'

/frʌm/ /ðə/ /ˈsɛvənˈtinθ/-/ˈsɛnʧəri/ /ˈɛmpaɪər/ /ʌv/ /ˈswidən/, /ðə/ /ˈstɔri/ /ʌv/ /ə/ /ˈgæliən/ /ðæt/ /sæŋk/ /æt/ /ðə/ /stɑrt/ /ʌv/ /hɜr/ /ˈmeɪdən/ /ˈvɔɪəʤ/ /ɪn/ 1628 /mʌst/ /bi/ /wʌn/ /ʌv/ /ðə/ /ˈstreɪnʤɪst/ /teɪlz/ /ʌv/ /ðə/ /si/. /fɔr/ /ˈnɪrli/ /θri/ /ænd/ /ə/ /hæf/ /ˈsɛnʧəriz/ /ʃi/ /leɪ/ /æt/ /ðə/ /ˈbɑtəm/ /ʌv/ /ˈstɑkˌhoʊlm/ /ˈhɑrbər/ /ənˈtɪl/ /hɜr/ /dɪˈskʌvəri/ /ɪn/ 1956. /ðɪs/ /wʌz/ /ðə/ Vasa, /ˈrɔɪəl/ /ˈflægˌʃɪp/ /ʌv/ /ðə/ /greɪt/ /ɪmˈpɪriəl/ /flit/.

/kɪŋ/ /ˈgʌstəvəs/ /əˈdɔlfəs/, /ðə/ /ˈnɔrðərn/ /ˈhɜrəˌkeɪn/, /ðɛn/ /æt/ /ðə/ /haɪt/ /ʌv/ /hɪz/ /ˈmɪləˌtɛri/ /səkˈsɛs/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈθɜrdi/ /jɪrz/ /wɔr/, /hæd/ /dɪkˈteɪtəd/ /hɜr/ /ˈmɛʒərmənts/ /ænd/ /ˈɑrməmənt/. /ˈtrɪpəl/ /gʌn/-/dɛks/ /ˈmaʊntəd/ /ˈsɪksti/-/fɔr/ /brɑnz/ /ˈkænən/. /ʃi/ /wʌz/ /ɪnˈtɛndəd/ /tu/ /pleɪ/ /ə/ /ˈlidɪŋ/ /roʊl/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈgroʊɪŋ/ /maɪt/ /ʌv/ /ˈswidən/.

/æz/ /ʃi/ /wʌz/ /priˈpɛrd/ /fɔr/ /hɜr/ /ˈmeɪdən/ /ˈvɔɪəʤ/ /ɑn/ /ˈɑgəst/ 10, 1628, /ˈstɑkˌhoʊlm/ /wʌz/ /ɪn/ aferment. /frʌm/ /ðə/ Skeppsbron /ænd/ /səˈraʊndɪŋ/ /ˈaɪləndz/ /ðə/ /ˈpipəl/ /wɑʧt/ /ðɪs/ /θɪŋ/ /ʌv/ /ˈbjuti/ /bɪˈgɪn/ /tu/ /sprɛd/ /hɜr/ /seɪlz/ /ænd/ /kæʧ/ /ðə/ /wɪnd/.