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[Wojszwillo]

it seems to me that the king was somewhat desperate to get more firepower.
understandable since both the danes and the germans threatened to attack the country.

Sweden at the moment have lost Oliva battle (November 28, 1627) to Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth (Polish - Lithuanian Kingdom). In that battle Sweden have lost Tigern (flagship, galleon, 22 guns, 320 t, captured) and Solen (galleon, 38 guns, 300 t - scuttled by her own crew, rather than allowing it to be captured as Tigern).

Not only Danes and Germans threatened to attack the Sweden at the moment, but Polen and Lithuanian too.

[CoreTech]

i can imagine this was king gustav the 12th since he was a warchief rather than king,my nation lost great amount of territory under his command,and sweden lost its position as a great power or nation.

[woodburner]

Forecastles were a common feature on ships of many nations. Not all ships had forecastles, though.