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Three hundred and ninety two years ago to this day, the vasa warship sinks off stockholm.
Trí chéad nócha dhá bhliain ó shin go dtí an lá atá inniu ann, titeann an long chogaidh vasa as an stócólm.
Vasa is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628.
Is long chogaidh Sualainnis í Vasa a tógadh idir 1626 agus 1628.
The ship foundered after sailing about 1,300 metres into her maiden voyage on the tenth of August 1628.
Bhunaigh an long tar éis di thart ar 1,300 méadar a sheol isteach ina turas réamhphósta ar an deichiú Lúnasa 1628.
She fell into obscurity after most of her valuable bronze cannon were salvaged in the 17th century until she was located again in the late 1950s in a busy shipping area in Stockholm harbor.
Thit sí i doiléire tar éis an chuid is mó dá gunna cré-umha luachmhar a shábháil sa 17ú haois go dtí go raibh sí lonnaithe arís ag deireadh na 1950idí i limistéar gnóthach loingseoireachta i gcuan Stócólm.
The ship was salvaged with a largely intact hull in 1961.
Tarrtháladh an long le cabhlach a bhí slán den chuid is mó i 1961.
It was housed in a temporary museum called Wasavarvet (The Vasa Shipyard) until 1988 and then moved permanently to the Vasa Museum in the Royal National City Park in Stockholm.
Bhí sé lonnaithe i músaem sealadach darb ainm Wasavarvet (Clós Longa Vasa) go dtí 1988 agus ansin bhog sé go buan chuig Músaem Vasa i bPáirc Náisiúnta Ríoga na Cathrach i Stócólm.
The ship is one of Swedens most popular tourist attractions and has been seen by over 35 million visitors since 1961.
Tá an long ar cheann de na nithe is díol spéise do thurasóirí sa tSualainn agus tá os cionn 35 milliún cuairteoir feicthe aici ó 1961.
Since her recovery, Vasa has become a widely recognised symbol of the Swedish Empire.
Ó tháinig sí slán, tá Vasa ina siombail aitheanta go forleathan d’Impireacht na Sualainne.
The ship was built on the orders of the King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus as part of the military expansion he initiated in a war with Poland-Lithuania (1621 to 1629).
Tógadh an long ar orduithe Rí na Sualainne Gustavus Adolphus mar chuid den leathnú míleata a thionscain sé i gcogadh leis an bPolainn-an Liotuáin (1621 go 1629).
She was constructed at the navy yard in Stockholm under a contract with private entrepreneurs from 1626 to 1627 and armed primarily with bronze cannons cast in Stockholm specifically for the ship.
Tógadh í ag clós an chabhlaigh i Stócólm faoi chonradh le fiontraithe príobháideacha ó 1626 go 1627 agus armtha go príomha le gunnaí cré-umha a caitheadh i Stócólm go sonrach don long.
Richly decorated as a symbol of the kings ambitions for Sweden and himself, upon completion it was one of the most powerfully armed vessels in the world.
Maisithe go saibhir mar shiombail d’uaillmhianta an rí don tSualainn agus dó féin, nuair a bhí sé críochnaithe bhí sé ar cheann de na soithí armtha is cumhachtaí ar domhan.
However, Vasa was dangerously unstable, with too much weight in the upper structure of the hull.
Bhí Vasa contúirteach éagobhsaí, áfach, agus an iomarca meáchain aici i struchtúr uachtarach an chabhail.
Despite this lack of stability, she was ordered to sea and foundered only a few minutes after encountering a wind stronger than a breeze.
In ainneoin an easpa seasmhachta seo, ordaíodh di dul chun farraige agus níor bhunaigh sí ach cúpla nóiméad tar éis di teacht ar ghaoth níos láidre ná gaoth.