Henrik Hybertsson

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Henrik Hybertsson

Dutch shipwright

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Vasa
Construction, maiden voyage, and sinking
…of the project, Dutch shipwright Henrik Hybertsson, became ill in 1626 and had to hand over the project to his assistant Hein Jakobsson. Dutch shipwrights built ships without drawings and relied on their previous experience, so Jakobsson had difficulty completing the project after Hybertsson’s death in 1627. Carpenters from both…
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…of the project, Dutch shipwright Henrik Hybertsson, became ill in 1626 and had to hand over the project to his assistant Hein Jakobsson. Dutch shipwrights built ships without drawings and relied on their previous experience, so Jakobsson had difficulty completing the project after Hybertsson’s death in 1627. Carpenters from both…
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