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Race To Save Sweden's 17th Century Warship In Preservation Project

Workers install a new metallic support structure around the 17th-century warship Vasa at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm (Credit: AFP)

A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a majestic warship that sank nearly 400 years ago and is now one of Sweden's most popular tourist attractions.

Experts have begun putting in place a complex metal structure to support the hull, which more than 60 years after its salvage has begun to sag in the Stockholm museum custom-built for it.

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