Viking ship bow. The Sea Stallion (Søhesten) at the Viking Ship Museum (Vikingeskipsmuseet). Roskilde, Denmark. The 30 meter long "Sea Stallion" is a reconstruction of a viking ship find at Glendalough in Ireland, built in year 1042. The work has been done at the Viking Ship Museum's ship yard using viking tools and in all manner done true to the orginal. The work started in year 2000 and was finalised in 2004. The ship builders used 7000 iron rivets, 340 trees and 44.000 man...
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Viking ship bow. The Sea Stallion (Søhesten) at the Viking Ship Museum (Vikingeskipsmuseet). Roskilde, Denmark. The 30 meter long "Sea Stallion" is a reconstruction of a viking ship find at Glendalough in Ireland, built in year 1042. The work has been done at the Viking Ship Museum's ship yard using viking tools and in all manner done true to the orginal. The work started in year 2000 and was finalised in 2004. The ship builders used 7000 iron rivets, 340 trees and 44.000 man hours before this the largets reconstructed viking war ship was finalized. During summer 2007 - with return the year after - the Sea Stallion cross the sea for Dublin with a crew of 65, as their ancestors did a 1000 years earlier. This project will give new insight into how the vikings crossed the sea, their organisation and the capabilities of the longships..
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