The Vasa
The RMS Titanic was not the only high profile vessel to suffer the ignominy of going down on its maiden voyage.
On 10 August 1628, the Vasa, a Swedish warship of truly grand proportions, took the shortest maiden voyage in history … 1,300 metres and no farther. Still within sight of the shipyard where it was built, Vasa heeled to port under a gust and water rushed in through its lower gunpo…
