Viking (replica Viking longship)
Viking at the 1893 Chicago World Fair | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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.