Full-scale Viking ship replica project to start soon in Denmark

Photo: Roskilde Viking Ship Museum

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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.

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?

Take a trip to America and see a ship that replicates one that landed in Old New Castle, Delaware.

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... :^)