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450 men crowded into less than 600 square meters of living space, sleeping in shifts, eating from communal bowls, disease an ever-present risk, tedium the order of the day. But the food was regular, the duty was clearly defined, and unlike in the army, you could come home in the winter.
Vasa only sailed for a few minutes before sinking in a light breeze in Stockholm harbour, so life aboard never had time to start, but what would it have been like spending months at a time on board a warship in the 1620s? From the perspective of our lives today, it would seem both harsh and dull, with monotonous food, cramped quarters, brutal punishments and unending routine, while confined most of the time to the dim half-world of the gundecks.
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