Drakkar Viking Ship 24"

Item  #  Viking-24

Drakkar Viking Ship 24"
 
  • Overall dimensions: 24" long x 15" wide x 16" high.  2 Lbs.
  • Accurate hand carved dragon figure head on our Viking ship.
  • This model has an accurate cloth sail similar to the actual Drakkar Viking ship.
  • This wooden Viking ship replica rests perfectly on a sturdy wood base.
  • Our Viking model requires hundreds of hours to build from scratch (not from a model kit) by our master artisans.
  • This is a pre assembled model. Models are shipped with the sails unassembled. All rigging, lines and stays have brass hooks attached, which easily hook into eyelets on mast, boom, sprit or deck.
  • Assembly takes less than 5 minutes. Detailed instructions including pictures for assembly included.

 
 
The "Viking" was built at Framnes Shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway in 1892. It was copied after the ancient Viking ship "Gokstad". Excavated in 1880, the "Gokstad" had been called the most beautiful ship ever built. The "Viking" is approximately 78 feet long, 17 feet wide, and 7 feet high from the bottom of the keel to the gunwale. Clinker built with planking hand split from green logs, the "Viking" made 11 knots and the hull was observed to flex with the waves.

The "Viking" became one of the greatest attractions at the World's Columbian Exposition.
Since the close of the Exposition the "Viking" was held first by the Federation of Norwegian Women's Societies and later by the Chicago Park District. The ship was first housed beside the Field Columbian Museum in Chicago, then restored in 1920 and placed in Lincoln Park under a fenced-in, wooden shelter.

Although legal trustee of the Viking ship, the Chicago Park District set aside no funds for maintenance of the boat or its wooden shelter. For many decades the Norwegian-American community provided regular maintenance to the ship by cleaning it annually. But as the years passed, the wooden shelter, began to fail, and the "Viking" began to suffer from weather damage. In 1978 the Scandinavian-American community rallied by forming an organization, The Viking Ship Restoration Committee, whose goal was to restore the Viking and find suitable permanent housing.
     
     
 Drakkar Viking Ship 24" $99.95
     
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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