Show more The Vasa, one of the most majestic galleons ever ... sailed and died on one of the most powerfully armed warships of her time.

On its maiden voyage in 1628, the most powerful warship in the Baltic, the Vasa, was afloat only minutes before capsizing in front of stunned onlookers in the city's harbor. Hundreds of years ...

Technically not a modern battleship in the modern sense, the Swedish Empire's Vasa was one of the largest warships of her day and she was thus a battleship of the era – or rather was meant to be.

The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has exceeded its revenue recovery target by collecting Rs1,697 million (Rs1.697 billion) over the past eight months, compared to the set target of Rs1,581m.