Vega (ship)

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Vega monument in Stockholm
Vega monument in Stockholm
Return of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld with the Vega to Stockholm on April 24th 1880
Return of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld with the Vega to Stockholm on April 24th 1880

S/S Vega, a Swedish steamship famous for the expedition of the Finnish-Swedish explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. It was the first ship to circumnavigate Eurasia and sail through the Northeast passage.

She was a barque built in Bremerhaven 1882 and had a wooden hull measuring 150ft in length and 357 tons dw. She had a 70 hp auxiliary steam engine. Vega was originally built for whaling and seal hunting, and after the expedition she returned to her original trade. Vega was reported sunk in Melville Bay west of Greenland in 1903, sailing under the Scottish owner Ferguson..

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