[franksolich]

News from the home front of Norway, our allies in the war against terror.

The Vikings must not have been as good ship-builders as the English, if this boat is so fragile that vaccuuming it causes harm.

One recalls a few years the English excavated a boat from the reign of Henry VIII, where it had laid in the bottom of the water for hundreds of years, and it was still reasonably intact.

On the Aftenposten web-site (the red link above), there is also news about the possible demise of the famous luxury passenger ship, the Norway. It was never in the same class as the Cunarders Queen Mary, the Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Elizabeth II, and the current Queen Mary II, but one assumes it was still a pretty good ship.

[Veto!]

I saw this great old ship in the Viking Ships Museum and can't imagine why they'd want to move it. The place is wonderful, even has a nice view of the fjord. Totally appropriate resting place for this and other exhibits of Norwegian boats.

[SaltyJoe]

A lot of those "English" ships were built in America.

[blau993]

The English "boat" you refer to is the Mary Rose. It was in pretty good shape when it sank largely because it turned over and sank on its maiden voyage. So much for the English as the master builders of ships in the days of Henry VIII. They got better.

[Captain Rhino]

Here is a link to a much older wooden boat also used in funeral proceedings:

http://www.suziemanley.com/december/solarboa.htm

(Buried in a pit alongside the Cheops pyramid at Giza in Egypt for 4,000+ years. Actually thee are five of them.)

[Sam Cree]

Wooden boats tend to dry and crack when left out of water too long. Refloating it may do the trick.

[Ditto]

On the Aftenposten web-site (the red link above), there is also news about the possible demise of the famous luxury passenger ship, the Norway.

The Norway started life as the France as a transatlantic Liner in 1961 (just as the Jet Age took off.) The French never could make a franc off her and sold her to a Norwegian cruise line who renamed her the Norway.

It's one of the last steam-powered ships and one of her boilers blew in Miami a few years ago, and replacing it is economically unfeasible.

[antiRepublicrat]

One recalls a few years the English excavated a boat from the reign of Henry VIII, where it had laid in the bottom of the water for hundreds of years, and it was still reasonably intact.

This boat's over twice as old as Henry's.

[Cold Heat]

Well..........ok...........Firewood?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Very cool.

Has anyone made a Viking long ship and tried to sail from Greenland to Newfoundland?

[TheForceOfOne]

like graffiti from the Viking age?

Kilroy was here? Say it ain't so!

[Professional Engineer]

ping

[MrsEmmaPeel]

The Vikings must not have been as good ship-builders as the English, if this boat is so fragile that vaccuuming it causes harm.

Sorry must have missed something here. Help we with my math 2004-1200 = 804.
Was there an "English" identity in the year 804?
To save you the trouble, the Norman Conquest (1066) was not for another 262 years. And we all know that William I was nothing more than the offspring of a displaced Viking tribe.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Fiddlstix.

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[rdl6989]

Very interesting post.

[stockpirate]

I have seen this ship in person! The story as I recall it is that the ship sank within minutes of being launched.

This was due to a very poor design flaw that made the ship capsize and sink!

So much for the legend of the Viking ship-builders.

[fanfan]

They've seen signs of tools used on board the vessel when it was made for the burial mound of two women in the year 834.

Can anyone explain this sentence for me?

[hinckley buzzard]

I saw this ship during a trip to Oslo a number of years ago. It is awe inspiring.

[r9etb]

One recalls a few years the English excavated a boat from the reign of Henry VIII, where it had laid in the bottom of the water for hundreds of years, and it was still reasonably intact.

IIRC, it was also completely covered in mud, and therefore hermetically sealed.

[Calpernia]

What are eperts and are they contagious?

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