DNA: Woman Was on Famed 17th Century Swedish Warship

Epoch Times ^ | April 4, 2023 | Staff

[TexasGator]

“Eerily similar to what happened to Henry VIII’s Mary Rose.”

The Mary Rose served 33 years.

[rlmorel]

LOL!

“were/was”

[Governor Dinwiddie]

The Mary Rose was modified adding another row of guns making her more top heavy. As she was coming about, a wind gust caused her to heel over, and water poured in through the open gun ports. That was the end of her.

[TexasGator]

“The Mary Rose was modified adding another row of guns making her more top heavy.”

As opposed to the Vasa whose original design was two gun decks.

[mass55th]

"Every “deadly” TV show makes a point of this...Bones, NCIS, Columbo, Barnaby Jones etc etc.."

I don't watch any of that crap to get my info. Instead, I stay in a Holiday Inn Express, and watch British history, and archaeology programs, featuring Osteoarchaeologists, DNA experts, etc.

[9422WMR]

Why did it sink? That’s what I want to know.

[Red Badger]

Capsized within minutes of launching........... Top heavy......... Not enough ballast..........

[mass55th]

My oldest son went to Stockholm a couple of years before the scamdemic, and went to see The Vasa. He brought me back a magnet, and a book about it. I’m fascinated by stuff like this. And after finding out I have at least 22% Danish and Swedish DNA, it makes me even more interested in the history there.

[Scrambler Bob]

“I was told ...”

Read the article.
= = =

Maybe I visited the Vasa, and got some first hand info.

[Bartholomew Roberts]

Having lived in Sweden off and on for years, I have been to the museum many times. I have a number of books about the Vasa.

If you look closely at pictures of the ship, you can obviously see the added on gun deck level. It is widely written about that the king wanted another gun deck level due to rapidly changing warship technology.

https://faculty.up.edu/lulay/failure/vasacasestudy.pdf

The above link explains the changes in specifications made by King Gustavus Adolphus over the course of construction. This aligns with the presentations, books and displays at the museum.

Wikipedia also does not completely explain the changes made to the Vasa, compared to the explanations provided in the museum. I believe the author of the article used Wiki as their source material rather than the more scientific explanations.

[Scrambler Bob]

You gonna believe me,

or EPOCH Times (behind a paywall)?

[dirtymac]

so that is why women have been considered to bad luck on ships.

[kiryandil]

Another top-heavy sea-going vessel...

[MotorCityBuck]

Yes. Just watched a documentary on The Mary Rose. Very interesting.

[SunkenCiv]

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***one of the victims, known as G, was a woman, because of the appearance of the hip bone,***

But, but now anthropologists are saying they cannot tell the difference between the skeleton of a man or woman!

Yet they could tell that a three million year old skeleton was a female(Lucy).

And now an old American Indian grave has been uncovered with the skeleton of a two year old BOY!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Most likely a “Port of Call” woman who was just taking a joy ride.

[ro_dreaming]

“is believed to have sunk because it lacked the ballast to counterweigh its heavy guns.”

Isn’t that why you put guns on both sides? To counterbalance each side?

And maybe “G” identified as a man, how dare they misgender her/him.

[AlaskaErik]

BS. According to Professor Gabby Yearwood you cannot tell men apart from women based on their skeletal remains.

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

Somebody’s gotta make the coffee.

And do the laundry.