Viking ship replica
Viking ship replicas are one of the more common types of ship replica. Viking, the very 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
- Draken Harald Hårfagre ("Dragon Harald Fairhair") - Haugesund, Norway (115 ft, 100 persons)
- Havhingsten fra Glendalough ("Sea Stallion from Glendalough") - Roskilde, Denmark (100 ft, 60-100 persons Skuldelev ships 2)
- Roar Ege - Roskilde, Denmark (45 ft, 5-6 persons Skuldelev ships 3)
- Helge Ask - Roskilde, Denmark (52 ft, 30 persons Skuldelev ships 5)
- Sebbe Als - Augustenborg, Denmark (52 ft, 30 persons Skuldelev ships 5)
- Kraka Fyr - Roskilde, Denmark (34 ft, 12-14 persons Skuldelev ships 6)
- Ottar - Roskilde, Danmark (48 ft, 6-8 persons Skuldelev ships 1)
- Imme Gram - Tønder, Denmark (65 ft, 32 persons)
- Lindheim Sunds - Ollerup, Denmark (54 ft, 30 persons)
- Røskva - Skælskør, Denmark
- Heidrun - Skælskør, Denmark
- Randaros - Randers, Denmark (39 ft)
- Kraka - Frederikssund, Denmark (40 ft, 7-15 persons)
- Sif Ege - Frederikssund, Denmark (43 ft. Skuldelev ships 3)
- Freja Byrding - Hejlsminde, Denmark (43 ft. Skuldelev ships 3)
- Nidhug - Lundby Strand, Denmark (48 ft, 3-25 persons)
- Dreknor - Cherbourg, Normandy, France
- Gaia - Sandefjord, Norway
- Saga Siglar - (sank in the Mediterranean Sea in 1992)
- Íslendingur - Iceland (22.5 m, 9 persons)
- Ratatosk - Built in Norway now in the United Kingdom (20ft, 6 persons, 1/4 Scale replica of the Gokstad Ship)[2]
Canada
- Munin - Vancouver, British Columbia (40 ft, 7-15 persons)
- Viking Saga - Newfoundland
United States
- Viking - Built in the Rødsverven shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway. Currently located and undergoing conservation in Geneva, Illinois. [3]
- Leif Erikson (42 ft, 4 persons) - sailed across the Atlantic from Bergen, Norway in 1926, in Leif Erikson Park, Duluth, Minnesota.[4]
- Skelmir - San Antonio, Texas (22 ft, 8 persons)
- 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 - Maryland (40 ft, 18 persons)
- Gyrfalcon - 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.[5]
- Yrsa - Missouri (27 ft 8 persons)
- Wulfwaig - Oklahoma City (21 ft, 5 persons)
- Hjemkomst - Hawley, Minnesota. (Building began in 1973 and sailed from Duluth, MN to Bergen, Norway in 1982 with a crew of 12).
References
External links
- Sea Stallion, Roskilde, Denmark
- Viking Ship Museum Boat Collection, Roskilde, Denmark
- Sif Ege, Frederikssund, Denmark
- The Skelmir, San Antonio
- Dreknor Project
- Gaia, the Gokstad Ship copy
- Munin, a Gokstad replica in Vancouver, B.C.
- 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
- Skogar Þrostur based in Connecticut.
- The Ansteorran Longship Project based in Texas.
- The Hjemkomst Viking Ship based in Minnesota.