Photo: Roskilde Viking Ship Museum
Posted on 07/22/2022 10:42:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Boat builders of the Roskilde Viking Ship Museum will soon start a new experimental archeological project – the construction of a full-scale replica of the Viking ship Skuldelev 5.
The original Skuldelev 5 ship can be seen in the museum’s Viking Ship Hall. The process of constructing the replica will last between four and five years, The Viking Herald reports...
The ship was built in Denmark around ca. 1030 AD. It is 17.3 meters long and 2.5 meters wide – a long and narrow ship equipped with 26 oars and a mainsail, built for fast and efficient transport of warriors in times of conflict.
What makes Skuldelev 5 so interesting is the way the ship is built. It is one of the few ship finds from the Viking Age built with recycled timber – from the first construction phase. It is also the only Danish ship from the Viking Age that has traces of carved ornaments in addition to the usual chopping marks found on planks, floor timber, etc.
A small Ringerike-style carving can be seen on one of the recycled planks – possibly part of a larger cut-out on the original ship, which was then incorporated into Skuldelev 5’s mixture of old and new timber.
So far, the boat builders have put up a template of the ship’s keel and bow on the shipyard site to get an idea of how big the ship will actually be and to signal that they will soon start building another reconstruction of Skuldelev 5 out in the yard.
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Another? Was there a prior reconstruction? That would be interesting to see without the 5 year wait.
Will we celebrate all the white slaves the Vikings captured and sold to North Africa? LOL
Why do the little grey cells seem to remember that this has already been done?
A gift from Sweden:
https://www.kalmarnyckel.org/
Here’s one done in 1893 and sailed from Norway to Chicago. Seems it is still there in Illinois. I recently listed to a podcast about it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_(replica_Viking_longship)
between four and five years?
with all the modern technology in the world, and it’ll take them 3-4 times longer to make than the original... WTF???
I absolutely love recreations or restorations like this. Whether it’s old viking ships to restoring old German tanks. It brings a bit of history to life!
Oh, sure. It’s a “replica”. I’ll bet that they’re counting on getting it done in time to use it. “Our only goal will be the Western shore!”
You gotta remember that a lot of “institutional knowledge” was lost when the old vikings died and they have to start from scratch to build an authentic Viking ship with re created tools and materials and not a balsa wood Hollywood vessel.
I hope to see it sail one day.
LOL
It’s tough to find skilled Viking craftsmen for some reason.
Not much of a “ship”. Those Vikings were cray-cray.
LOL... yup
The method of construction and the materials are well understood from archeological evidence. Several reproductions have been made using this knowledge and with reproduction tools. It should be a fine ship.
Not much of a ship, that explains how they sailed to North America, reached Constantinople over rivers, portages, and the Black Sea, conquered Normandy and Sicily... :^)
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