Ava Grey examines the 1628 Vasa disaster, when Sweden's most powerful warship sank minutes after launch. King Gustav II's relentless design changes—more cannons, longer hull, lavish ornamentation—overruled shipbuilders' expertise, creating a floating contradiction. A case study in how hierarchy silences knowledge, with fifty-three lives lost to royal ambition.

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