An aerial view of the Swedish warship Vasa (1627) being salvaged off the island of Beckholmen in Stockholm harbour, Sweden.

An aerial view of the Swedish warship Vasa (1627) being salvaged off the island of Beckholmen in Stockholm harbour, Sweden. She is in a cradle supported between two pontoons and salvage vessels are on either side of the pontoons. The photographer is almost directly above the group of vessels.

Object Details

ID: PCT1511
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Wasa (1627)
Date made: Late April 1961
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 40 mm