ThisarmamentwouldhavegiventheVaasathehighestfirepowerofanyshipintheworldatthetime, capableofblasting a metalwallthewaynearly £900 outof a singleside, straightoutwhateverenemywasunfortunateenoughtocomeacrossitspath.
Thismassiveamountoffirepowercomingfrom a relativelysmallshipisprettygoofyhistorically, becausethe U.
比較的小型の船からこの大量の火力が出るのは歴史的にかなりグダグダなんだよな、Uは。
S s Constitution, anAmericanfrigatethatfoughtagainsttheBritishintheWarof 18 12, nearlytwocenturieslaterpossessedonalmostidenticalleveloffirepowerbutwasalsoalmost 700 tonsheavier.
Soratherthanbuilding a brandnewshipfromscratchthatcouldactuallysafelyfits 72 heavy 24 poundercannonsaboard, theyhadtocutsomecornersanddecidedtocramall 72 ofthemin a shipthatwasonlydesignedforhalfofthatamount.
Throwin a bunchofheavywoodensculpturestotheuppergundeckaswell, andtheVasawasallsettobecomedangerouslyunstable, with a rolloverriskofan 800 horsepowerJeepWrangler.
Tofurthercomplicatethings, theshipbuilderthatthesweetsandhighertobuildthethingwassomeDutchguynamedHenrykwhohad a prettyshoddyresumebecausethere's absolutelyzerohistoricalevidencethathehadeveractuallybuilt a shipwithtwoormoregundeckseverbeforeinhislife.
Nobodynoticedthisdiscrepancyduringthehurriedconstructionunderwartimepressure, andas a result, theVasasMasswasdistributedasymmetricallyandwasheavieroverontheportside.
Therearelettersfrom a Swedishadmiralpresentwherehewroteabouthowhewishedthekingwastheretoseehowunreadyitwasandnotoftenwar, demandingthattheshipbelaunchedanyway.
Theship's gunportswereleftopentoefireofficesaluteastheylefttheharbor, andwithinminutesthefirstsignsoftroubleappeared a suddengustofwindjust a littlestrongerthan a breezewasstrongenoughtotipVaasaoversignificantlyonherportsidebecauseofherhighcenterofgravity.
Andthegreatestshipeverbuiltthattooktwoyearstobuildtookprobablyjust a fewminutestosink.
2年かけて建造された最も偉大な船が 沈むのに数分しかかからなかった
InthefullviewofthousandsofshockedanddisappointedSwedes, itwaseffectivelytheequivalentoftheChallengerdisasterinthe 17thcenturyand a catastrophefortheSwedishking.
Luckily, thoughyouand I bothhave a resourcetodaythattheshipbuildersandengineersofthe 17thcenturydidn't theInternet, it's easytolookupthingsyou'recuriousaboutonplaceslikeWikipedia.
Buthonestly, when I wasresearchingthisvideo, I visitedtheWikipediapageonCenterofMass, andtheequationstheremayaswellhavebeenwrittenin a foreignlanguage.
しかし、正直なところ、この動画を調べていたときにウィキペディアのCenter of Massのページを見たのですが、そこに書かれている方程式は外国語で書かれているのと同じようなものかもしれません。
I hatedmathgrowingupinhighschool, and I'vealwaysstruggledlearningaboutitwhen I havetojustreadaboutiton a pieceofpaperoron a screenwithoutanyonetheretohelpguidemethroughthesteps.