The Matchless Mars Falls in Battle (1564)

When the Swedish ship Mars, sailed into her first battle she must have looked invincible. She was bristling with cannons and men, standing at a crossroads between hand to hand fighting and war waged through gun powder and shot. Though she would not survive the battle, she left a lasting mark not only on the men who saw her go down, but also on history. Ship Name: Mars Launched: 1564 Sank: May, 1564 Tons: 700 Nationality: Swedish Ship Type: Wooden Sailing War Ship Lives Lost: Around 1000, including enemy combatants on her when she sank Sources: https://books.google.com/books?id=LTYMwozmPugC&pg=PA617&lpg=PA617&dq=jakob+bagge&source=bl&ots=xOP4irvFXA&sig=ACfU3U2e6PZmFl4pJyMbX-3psUe0L8P6jA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi44bzk3t_4AhWRpIkEHVeuDBk4ChDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=jakob%20bagge&f=false https://xray-mag.com/content/mars-magnificent-16th-century-swedish-warship https://www.archaeology.org/issues/317-1811/trenches/7061-trenches-sweden-mars-wreckage http://www.illustratedcuriosity.com/history/history-postclassical-era/the-game-changing-swedish-warship-that-sank-in-its-first-battle/ https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2018-11-26/ty-article-magazine/.premium/archaeologists-find-lost-swedish-man-of-war-and-sink-the-hype/0000017f-ea1b-d3be-ad7f-fa3b39fe0000 https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/well-preserved-wreck-formidable-warship-mars-006586 https://phys.org/news/2018-07-archaeologists-reveal-legendary-swedish-warship.html https://www.mars-project.org/the-project https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00253359.2019.1615775 http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_gotland_oland.html http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_nordic_seven_years.html Cannon Sound Effect: https://freesound.org/people/daveincamas/sounds/368270/