Götheborg (ship)

[Anatol]

«Götheborg» was built at the Terra Nova ship yard in Stockholm and launched in 1738. According to writer Björn Ahlander, it only took about one and a half years to build a ship of this size in the 1700s. It was built in the Swedish capital and named «Götheborg» because the Swedish East India Company resided in Gothenburg, and all expeditions began and ended at this port. The ship had a tonnage equivalent to about 830 t (1,830,000 lb). On its maiden voyage in 1739, the ship carried 30 cannons and an initial crew of 144. The ship made three journeys to China and in 1745, it sank on its way into Gothenburg harbor. After 30 months at sea, and with only 900 m (3,000 ft) to go before the vessel reached its berth, it crashed into the Knipla Börö, a well known rock. Although it remains a mystery how this could happen theories abound. The ship remained stranded on the rock while much of the cargo, consisting of tea, porcelain, spices and silk was salvaged. The ship was clearly visible above the surface of the water for many years, but in time the remains sank to the bottom. It is still unclear what caused the ship to run aground due to the scarcity of contemporary written sources. The Götheborg had a very experienced piloton board, Caspar Matthisson (1712–1783) from Brännö, who had been a pilot for seven and a half years at the time of the accident. Even so, the ship suddenly ran aground, or crashed into, the underwater rock the Hunnebådan. It may be that theGötheborg was suddenly trapped by «dead water» when making its final change of course, causing the ship to lose rudder function, go off course and run aground. When the wreckage of the vessel Götheborg was found in 1984, the idea to make a replica of the vessel emerged. The keel for the replica was laid on 11 June 1995. The vessel was built using old, traditional techniques, and it was made as close to the original as possible. The vessel was launched on 6 June 2003, with great festivities and in the presence of representatives from the Swedish Royal Family. Götheborg is a sailing replica of an 18th-century Swedish East Indiamanand one of the world's largest operational wooden sailing vessel. After various tests and achieving its safety certificates from Det Norske Veritas, the vessel sailed for China in October 2005, as the original vessel did, but it did not follow the same route. The voyage took some 18 months. Тhe crew of 80. The vessel returned to Gothenburg on 9 June 2007. Among the harbours visited were Cádiz, Recife, Cape Town, Hong Kong, Singaporeand Shanghai.
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Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

[Anatol]

Götheborg III (2004)
Gothenburg III: History of the Reply A replica of the Götheborg of 1738 began in October 19921. It was baptized Götheborg III by the Queen of Sweden on September 3, 2004. After its inauguration, it redone the same journey as the original Götheborg. The Götheborg III left Göteborg in Sweden on 2 October 2005 and arrived in Canton on 18 July 2006 in the presence of the King of Sweden, after stops in Cadiz, Recife, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth , Fremantle and Jakarta. He is present in Brest 2004 and the Armada de Rouen in 2013. Today it is based at the port of Göteborg, where it is often visible, and participates in maritime gatherings. It has equitable transportation products for the company TOWT (TransOceanic Wind Transport) created in 2009 and like other old rigs.
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Source:fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6theborg_III.

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From Watercraft Philately I got that the Maritime Heritage set for the Melbourne ’99 exhibit the 8Kr stamp with the East Indiaman the vessel in the foreground is the GÖTHEBORG.
Montserrat issued in 1995 a miniature sheet for the 5th IAAF Championships in Athletics – Götheborg 1995, in the margin the ship depict is GÖTHEBORG.

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Montserrat 1995 sgMS ?, scott 862.

[D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen]

A replica was built in 1995-2004, Gt:788, Dw:188, Displacement:1150 tons, Loa:58.05m. L hull:40.90m. B:11m. Draught:4.75/5.25m. sail area:1964m². ballast:292 tons, 2 Volvo Penta diesels each 550 hp. (410 kW.) 8 kn. complement:20 + 60 volunteers, armement:10 cannons.
(Sweden 2003, 2 x 5.50, 10 and 30 Kr. StG.?)