Experts are saying that the Sea Stallion from Glendalough is the most authentic Viking warship built in nine centuries.  It was modeled on the largest excavated ship yet discovered - a 30m long ship found in 1962.

The original ship is believed to have been the pinnacle of viking shipbuilding, designed to carry 60 men.  Ancient skills in working wood and metal are of interest to the bushcraft community, and the new ship represents a huge achievement.

Work began on the Sea Stallion in 2000, after a scale model demonstrated that the projec was feasible.  300 ancient Danish oaks and more than 7000 iron rivets were used in the construction.

The team of builders are now curious to know if the vessel is capable of making the kind of journeys vikings would have made almost a thousand years ago. The 65-strong crew plan to leave Denmark on Sunday, Bushcraft UK can report.

For more information, see http://www.havhingsten.dk

Article: John Burton

Photo courtesy havhingsten.dk

©Bushcraft Media Ltd. 2007

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written by Nightwalker , June 30, 2007

I can imagine this turning up on the shore of the Bushmoot at Merthyr Mawr, Wayland will jump on and he wont be seen for months!

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written by Wayland , July 01, 2007

I was invited to the lauch but couldn't make it due to other commitments.

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