Modern recreations of Viking Age ships
TheViking at theWorld's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893 Viking ship replicas are one of the more common types ofship replica .Viking Rødsverven shipyard inSandefjord, Norway . In 1893 it sailed across theAtlantic Ocean toChicago in theUnited States for theWorld's Columbian Exposition . Formerly located inLincoln Park ,Chicago, Illinois , theViking is currently undergoing conservation inGeneva, Illinois ,United States .[ 1]
There are a considerable number of modern reconstructions ofViking Age ships in service aroundNorthern Europe andNorth America . TheViking Ship Museum inRoskilde , Denmark, has been particularly prolific in building accurate reconstructions of archaeological finds in its collection.
Freja Byrding - Hejlsminde, Denmark (14 metres (46 ft), 5-8 persons,Skuldelev ships 3)Havhingsten fra Glendalough Roskilde ,Denmark , 2004 (30 metres (98 ft), 60-100 persons,Skuldelev ships 2)[ 2] Heidrun - SkælskørHelge Ask - Roskilde, 1991[ 3] Skuldelev ships 5)[ 4] Imme Aros -Århus , 1969 (13.5 metres (44 ft), 30 persons, Ellingå ship of AD 1163, renamedImme Struer 2003)[ 5] [ 6] Imme Gram -Tønder , 1963 (20 metres (66 ft), 32 persons,Ladby ship , lost 2009)[ 7] [ 8] Imme Sejr - Tønder, 2013 (21.5 metres (71 ft), 38 persons,Ladby ship )[ 9] Kraka - Roskilde, 1971 (40 ft, 7-15 persons)Kraka Fyr - Roskilde, 1987 (12.2 metres (40 ft), 5-15 persons,Skuldelev ships 6)[ 10] Ladbydragen - Vikingemuseet Ladby,Kerteminde , 2016 (21.5 metres (71 ft), 32 oars,Ladby ship )[ 11] Lindheim Sunds -Ollerup , 1977 (17 metres (56 ft), 30 persons,Skuldelev ships 5)[ 7] Nidhug - Lundby Strand, 1998 (16 metres (52 ft), 3-28 persons)[ 12] Ottar - Roskilde, 2000[ 13] Skuldelev ships 1)Randaros -Randers (39 ft)Roar Ege - Roskilde, 1985[ 3] Skuldelev ships 3)[ 13] Røskva -Skælskør Saga Siglar - Roskilde, 1983 (15.84 metres (52.0 ft), 6-8 persons,Skuldelev ships 1, sank off theCatalan coast in 1992)[ 13] Sebbe Als Augustenborg, Denmark , 1969[ 14] Skuldelev ships 5)Sif Ege - Frederikssund, 1990 (14 metres (46 ft), 5-8 personsSkuldelev ships 3)[ 15] Turm -Tartu ,Estonia ,LOA =12 m,B =2.5 m, replica ofLapuri ship [fi ] , built 2008-2009[ 16] Aimar -Käsmu , Estonia, built 2009-2010, 1/2 size replica ofGokstad ship , LOA 10m, Beam 2m, 8 oars[ 17] [ 18] Thule andNeyve -Nõva, Läänemaa , Estonia, built 2010-2011, 1/4 replica ofGokstad ship , LOA 6,7m Beam 1,7m and 4 oars[ 19] Äge -Kiruvere , Estonia, LOA=11.6m, B=2,8m, 12 oars, built 2011-2012, replica of Foteviken 1(Fotevikens Museum )[ 20] [ 21] Hüljes - Karja, Estonia, built 2017-2018, replica of the smallest boat from Gokstad find - faering. LOA 6,5m Beam 1,6m, 4 oarsOrmen Friske ("Healthy Serpent") -Trosa , 1949 (23 metres (75 ft), 12-70 persons,Gokstad ship , lost 1950)[ 23] Krampmacken Bulverket ship )Vidfamne - Gothenburg, 1994 (16 metres, replica of the Äskekärr ship)Munin - Vancouver, British Columbia (40 ft, 7-15 persons)Viking Saga - NewfoundlandSkelmir - San Antonio,Texas (22 ft, 8 persons)[ 25] Viking Norway . Currently located and undergoing conservation inGeneva, Illinois .[ 26] Leif Erikson Duluth, Minnesota .[ 27] Redwolf - San Antonio (40 ft, 17 persons - under construction)Fyrdraca - Missouri (32 ft, 18 persons - retired from service with the Longship Company 2003)Sae Hrafn [ 28] Gyrfalcon [ 29] Skogar Þrostur (formerly called theBlackbird ) - Connecticut (22 ft, 3 persons). She was built in Ohio by the group 'Viking Age Vessels' and is now owned by Vinland Longships in Connecticut.[ 30] Yrsa [ 31] Wulfwaig - Oklahoma City (21 ft, 5 persons)Hjemkomst [ 32] Hjemkomst Center inMoorhead, Minnesota Norseman [ 33] ^ Viking" - Gokstadkopien fra 1893 (Viking - the Gokstad viking ship replica from 1893)" . Archived fromthe original on March 2, 2011. RetrievedFebruary 23, 2011 .^ Maik-Jens Springmann; Horst Wernicke (2008).Historical Boat and Ship Replicas: Conference-proceedings on the Scientific Perspectives and the Limits of Boat and Ship Replicas : Torgelow 2007 ISBN 978-3-940101-25-9 . Retrieved2 July 2013 . ^a b Dieter Loibner (January 2002).The Folkboat Story: From Cult to Classic-The Renaissance of a Legend ISBN 978-1-57409-122-9 . Retrieved2 July 2013 . ^ Parvis Navi; Dick Sandberg (2012).Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Wood Processing ISBN 978-1-4398-6042-7 . Retrieved2 July 2013 . ^ "Imme Struer -Viking ship, Struer" .www.vikingtoday.com . 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Retrieved2 July 2013 . ^ Ratatosk , kept by the Vikings of Middle England Re-enactment Societyvikingsofmiddleengland.co.uk ^ "The Ansteorran Longship Project" . Archived fromthe original on February 7, 2012. 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Archived 2018-10-29 at theWayback Machine Yrsa, Viking Raider Sebbe Als, Augustenborg, Denmark - page mainly in Danish The Longship Company, owners of the Sea Hrafn (Sea Raven) and the Gryfalcon Robert Asp Replica - 'Hjemkomst' Moorhead, MN New Oseberg Ship Foundation Archived 2015-05-08 at theWayback Machine Skogar Þrostur based in Connecticut.The Ansteorran Longship Project based in Texas.The Hjemkomst Viking Ship based in Minnesota.
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