1628年，一艘大帆船在处女航开始时就沉没了，这个从17世纪瑞典帝国流传至今的故事无疑是航海史上最离奇的事件之一。
From the 17th-century empire of Sweden, the story of a galleon that sank at the start of her maiden voyage in 1628 must be one of the strangest tales of the sea.

这艘大船在斯德哥尔摩港口的海底躺了近三个半世纪，直到1956年才被发现。
For nearly three and a half centuries she lay at the bottom of Stockholm harbour until her discovery in 1956.


As she was prepared for her maiden voyage on August 10, 1628, Stockholm was in a ferment.
1628.8.10瓦萨号准备首航时，斯德哥尔摩一片欢腾。

观看这艘美丽的战船扬帆起航，乘风前进。watch this thing of beauty begin to spread her sails and catch the wind

他们辛辛苦苦干了三年才建成这件水上艺术品。They had labored for 3 years to produce this floating work of art.

它比以往任何船只雕刻的都更加精美，装饰的都更加华丽。She was more richly carved and ornamented than any previous ship.

stir the imaginations of 激起……想象

Then the cannons of the anchored warships thundered a salute to which the Vasa fired in reply. 这时，停泊在港口的其他战船向瓦萨号鸣炮致礼，瓦萨号也鸣炮回礼。

drifting 弥漫的

She presented a more majestic spectacle than Stockholmers had ever seen before. 瓦萨号展现的壮观景象是斯德哥尔摩人从未见过的。

As the wind freshened there came a sudden squall and the ship made a strange movement, listing to port.当风力增强时，突然刮来一阵大风，瓦萨号奇怪地摇了一下，便向左舷倾斜。

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The Ordnance Officer ordered all the port cannon to be heaved to starboard to counteract the list, but the steepening angle of the decks increased. 炮长命令把左舷上所有大炮搬到右舷上来以抵消船的倾斜，但甲板的倾斜度仍在增加。

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下层炮眼已淹没在水里，涌进船舱的水给瓦萨号带来了难以逃脱的厄运。
The lower gun-port were now below water and the inrush sealed the ship's fate.

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就这样，想要统治波罗的海的大型战舰瓦萨号，在它壮丽的启航时刻，带着全身飘扬的彩旗，沉没在了它诞生的港口。In that first glorious hour, the mighty Vasa, which was intended to rule the Baltic, sank with all flags flying- in the harbor of her birth.