"I will break you." Peter the Great in a letter to

>>406434
Sweden once put everything into building what would essentially be the equivalent to a Super Star Destroyer of a ship

It was so big that when it was launched it fell over and sank

>>406440
Swedes also like seeing their women ravaged by the bbc as well.

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>>406440

"When this baby hits 88 knots per day, you're gonna see some serious shit."

- Captain Söfring Hansson, Maiden voyage of Vasa

>>406440
At least they got a nice museum out of it

>>406440
didn't they have any mathematicians to tell them that they were being completely retarded?

>>406447
Not on /his/, please. Leave your memes to /int/. You're not funny.

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>>406460

>>406460

Knots is a measure of speed not distance.

>>406650

The ship failed stability tests early on, but the king, out of country at the time, urged that she be launched as quickly as possible.

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>>406460