Viking ship replicas are one of the more common types of ship replica. Viking, the first Viking ship replica, was built by the Rødsverven shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway. In 1893 it sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to Chicago in the United States for the World's Columbian Exposition. Formerly located in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, the Viking is currently undergoing conservation in Geneva, Illinois, United States.[1]
There are a considerable number of modern reconstructions of Viking Age ships in service around Northern Europe and North America. The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark, has been particularly prolific in building accurate reconstructions of archaeological finds in its collection.
Europe
[edit]Denmark
[edit]- Freja Byrding - Hejlsminde, Denmark (14 metres (46 ft), 5-8 persons, Skuldelev ships 3)
- Havhingsten fra Glendalough ("Sea Stallion from Glendalough") - Roskilde, Denmark, 2004 (30 metres (98 ft), 60-100 persons, Skuldelev ships 2)[2]
- Heidrun - Skælskør
- Helge Ask - Roskilde, 1991[3] (17 metres (56 ft), 30 persons, Skuldelev ships 5)[4]
- Imme Aros - Århus, 1969 (13.5 metres (44 ft), 30 persons, Ellingå ship of AD 1163, renamed Imme 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] (15.84 metres (52.0 ft), 6-8 persons, Skuldelev ships 1)
- Randaros - Randers (39 ft)
- Roar Ege - Roskilde, 1985[3] (14 metres (46 ft), 5-8 persons, Skuldelev ships 3)[13]
- Røskva - Skælskør
- Saga Siglar - Roskilde, 1983 (15.84 metres (52.0 ft), 6-8 persons, Skuldelev ships 1, sank off the Catalan coast in 1992)[13]
- Sebbe Als - Augustenborg, Denmark, 1969[14] (17 metres (56 ft), 30 persons, Skuldelev ships 5)
- Sif Ege - Frederikssund, 1990 (14 metres (46 ft), 5-8 persons Skuldelev ships 3)[15]
Estonia
[edit]- Turm - Tartu, Estonia, LOA=12 m, B=2.5 m, replica of Lapuri ship, built 2008-2009[16]
- Aimar - Käsmu, Estonia, built 2009-2010, 1/2 size replica of Gokstad ship, LOA 10m, Beam 2m, 8 oars[17][18]
- Thule and Neyve - Nõva, Läänemaa, Estonia, built 2010-2011, 1/4 replica of Gokstad 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 oars
France
[edit]- Dreknor - Cherbourg, Normandy, France
- Gungnir - Puiselet-Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours
Iceland
[edit]- Íslendingur - Iceland (22.5 m, 9 persons) housed at the Viking World Museum
- Vésteinn - Iceland (LOA 12m, Beam 2,7m, 14 oars, 1/2 Gokstad ship replica built 2008 in Thingeyri, Westfjords)[22]
Norway
[edit]- Draken Harald Hårfagre ("Dragon Harald Fairhair") - Haugesund, 2012 (35 metres (115 ft), 100 persons)
- Dronningen - Bjørkedalen, 1987 (replica of Oseberg ship)[13]
- Gaia ship - Sandefjord
Sweden
[edit]- Ormen Friske ("Healthy Serpent") - Trosa, 1949 (23 metres (75 ft), 12-70 persons, Gokstad ship, lost 1950)[23]
- Krampmacken - Gotland, 1980 (8 meters, replica of the Bulverket ship)
- Vidfamne - Gothenburg, 1994 (16 metres, replica of the Äskekärr ship)
UK
[edit]- Hugin - located at Pegwell Bay in Ramsgate, Kent. Built Denmark 1949 as replica of Gokstad ship.
- Odin's Raven - 50 feet (15 m) 2/3 scale replica of the Gokstad ship, built in Norway, sailed across the North Sea and now kept in the museum at the House of Manannan in Peel, Isle of Man
- Ratatosk - Built in Norway now in the United Kingdom (20 ft, 6 persons, 1/4 Scale replica of the Gokstad ship)[24][failed verification]
Americas
[edit]Canada
[edit]- Munin - Vancouver, British Columbia (40 ft, 7-15 persons)
- Viking Saga - Newfoundland
United States
[edit]- Skelmir - San Antonio, Texas (22 ft, 8 persons)[25]
- Viking - Built in the Rødsverven shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway. Currently located and undergoing conservation in Geneva, Illinois.[26]
- Leif Erikson (42 ft, 4 persons) - sailed across the Atlantic from Bergen, Norway in 1926, in Leif Erikson Park, 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] - Maryland (40 ft, 18 persons)
- Gyrfalcon[29] - Maryland (20 ft, 5 persons)
- Skogar Þrostur (formerly called the Blackbird) - 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] - Missouri (27 ft 8 persons)
- Wulfwaig - Oklahoma City (21 ft, 5 persons)
- Hjemkomst[32] - Moorhead, Minnesota. Building began in 1974 and sailed from Duluth, MN to Bergen, Norway in 1982 with a crew of 12. Now housed at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead, Minnesota
- Norseman[33] - Kalmar Nyckel Shipyard, Wilmington, DE. (LOA: 40'; LWL: 26'; Beam: 9')
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Hjemkomst is a replica Viking ship that was sailed from Duluth, Minnesota to Bergen, Norway in 1982.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Viking" - Gokstadkopien fra 1893 (Viking - the Gokstad viking ship replica from 1893) ""Viking"- 1893-kopien av Gokstadskipet - "Viking" - 1893 viking ship replica of the Gokstad ship". Archived from the original on March 2, 2011. Retrieved February 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. Steffen GmbH. p. 150. ISBN 978-3-940101-25-9. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ a b Dieter Loibner (January 2002). The Folkboat Story: From Cult to Classic-The Renaissance of a Legend. Sheridan House, Inc. pp. 203–. ISBN 978-1-57409-122-9. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ "Imme Struer -Viking ship, Struer". www.vikingtoday.com. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
- ^ Boy Scouts of America, Inc. (September 1971). "Boys' Life". Boys' Life. Inkprint Edition. Boy Scouts of America, Inc.: 34–. ISSN 0006-8608. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ a b Seán McGrail; National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) (1984). Aspects of maritime archaeology and ethnography: papers based on those presented to an international seminar held at the University of Bristol in March, 1982. Trustees of the National Maritime Museum. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-905555-74-4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ "Om Imme Grams forlis" [About the loss of Imme Gram] (in Danish). Retrieved 2013-07-02.
- ^ "25.000 fra Jyllands-Posten Fond!" [25.000 (kroner) from Jyllands-Posten Foundation!] (in Danish). Retrieved 2013-07-02.
- ^ Carlo Beltrame (2003). Boats, ships and shipyards: proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology, Venice 2000. Oxbow. p. 258. ISBN 978-1-84217-093-9. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ Vikingemuseet Ladby. "Ladbydragen" (in Danish). Retrieved 2017-06-30.
- ^ "Nidhug Vikingeskib i Roskilde Fjord". www.erantis.dk. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
- ^ a b c d Alexis Catsambis; Ben Ford; Donny L. Hamilton (8 September 2011). The Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archaeology. Oxford University Press. pp. 242–. ISBN 978-0-19-537517-6. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ Gertraudt Jepsen (2008). Bitten Clausen. Gyldendal A/S. pp. 194–. ISBN 978-87-02-06513-8. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ "Sif Ege" (in Danish). www.erantis.dk. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
- ^ Viking ship Turm" lodi.ee Archived June 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Viikinglaev Aimar kasmu.ee Archived June 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Käsmu / viikingilaev see 'Thursday, June 10, 2010 Nonii, selle laeva ehitamise saaga siis selleks korraks lõpul' tr."Nonii, the saga of building this ship will then be over for the time being", viikingilaev.blogspot.com, accessed 5 March 2021
- ^ Thule and Neyve nordestnova.org, accessed 5 March 2021
- ^ Kiruvere viking ship eesti-viikingid.ee, accessed 5 March 2021
- ^ Austrvegr Seltsi viikinglaev "Äge" 29 June 2015 agelaev.blogspot.com, accessed 6 March 2021
- ^ Vésteinn/ Viking ships and boats built by Estonian Vikings eesti-viikingid.ee, accessed 6 March 2021
- ^ Martina Sprague (2007). Norse Warfare: The Unconventional Battle Strategies of the Ancient Vikings. Hippocrene Books. pp. 98–. ISBN 978-0-7818-1176-7. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ Ratatosk, kept by the Vikings of Middle England Re-enactment Society vikingsofmiddleengland.co.uk
- ^ "The Ansteorran Longship Project". Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
- ^ About the Viking (Friends of the Viking ship), at vikingship.us Accessed 24 May 2017
- ^ Leif Erikson Viking Ship Restoration Project 2019, www.leiferiksonvikingship.com, accessed 6 March 2021
- ^ Sae Hrafn www.longshipco.org, accessed 7 March 2021
- ^ Gyrfalcon www.longshipco.org, accessed 7 March 2021
- ^ Adventures of the Skogar Þrostur vinlandlongship.livejournal.com Accessed 24 May 2017
- ^ Yrsavikingsamonline.com Archived 2016-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hjemkomst Viking Ship, (archived ref) hjemkomst-center.com, accessed 7 March 2021
- ^ Our Ships - Norseman History vikingship.org, accessed 7 March 2021
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Replicas of Viking ships.
- Sea Stallion, Roskilde, Denmark Archived 2008-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Viking Ship Museum Boat Collection, Roskilde, Denmark Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Sif Ege, Frederikssund, Denmark
- The Skelmir, San Antonio
- Dreknor Project
- Gaia, the Gokstad Ship copy
- Munin, a Gokstad replica in Vancouver, B.C. Archived 2018-10-29 at the Wayback 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 the Wayback Machine
- Skogar Þrostur based in Connecticut.
- The Ansteorran Longship Project based in Texas.
- The Hjemkomst Viking Ship based in Minnesota.
