For those who have the opportunity to travel to Stockholm, a visit to the museum where the Vasa is on display is fascinating.
In 1961, the ship was dug out of the bottom of the harbor which, owing to the high percentage of fresh water in the harbor was what kept 95% of the wood preserved.
As I walked around this ship, it looked to be the model for a classic 16th century warship or pirate vessel. Very cool.
Recently found something which might be of interest,
sailing the seas and so forth.
Back in 1952 there was a tv series “Victory at Sea”. Do you
remember such a show? LOL sorry, do remember the name (vaguely) but don’t remember ever viewing such a show.
Anyway found some episodes on You Tube to pass on to you.
The You Tube channel is Classic TV CHANNEL
https://www.youtube.com/@classictvchannel3405/videos
The site acknowledges a good many old tv shows, one of which
is Victory at Sea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhQxg6dmSdk
BTW, will make the coffee but refuse to ‘take a letter’. :-)