Viking (replica Viking longship)
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This article is about a Viking ship replica. For ships of the Vikings, see Viking ship. For other ships named Viking, see Viking (disambiguation) § Ships.
Viking is a Viking ship replica. It is an exact replica of the Gokstad ship recovered from Gokstadhaugen, a Viking Age burial mound in Sandefjord, Norway in 1880. Viking was featured at the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893.[1]
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Viking | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Viking |
Owner | Friends of the Viking Ship |
Operator | Captain Magnus Andersen |
Builder | Christen Christensen |
Launched | Rødsverven shipyard at Sandefjord, Norway |
Completed | 1893 |
Maiden voyage | Bergen, Norway to Chicago, Illinois |
Fate | On exhibition at Good Templar Park in Geneva, Illinois |
Status | Viking ship replica |
General characteristics | |
Length | 78 ft |
Beam | 17 ft |
Height | 6.5 ft |
Speed | 10 knots |
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