Ship replica

A Ship replica is a reconstruction of a no longer existing ship. It can either be a real seaworthy ship or one that just looks like the original (in which case it is often a musuem ship). This does not include scale models. It can also be a generic replica, one that represent a certain type of ship, not a particular ship, like the Kamper Kogge, a Kogge, which is a type of ship that was used extensively in the Netherlands in the middle ages, so there is little knowledge of specific ships.

Related Topics:
Musuem ship - Scale models - Kamper Kogge - Kogge - Netherlands - Middle ages

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Reasons to build a replica are historic research into Shipbuilding, national pride, exposition at a museum or entertainment (e.g. for a TV series). Apart from making the ship genuine, the construction material, tools and methods can also be genuine, as is the case with the replica of the Batavia.

Related Topics:
Shipbuilding - Batavia

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Some ships are in a sense replicas, but not in the sense meant here. For example, the Mircea is an almost exact copy of the Gorch Fock because that was such a successful ship. So she was not built for nostalgic or research purposes but simply to perform economically, in this case as a training vessel. The Stad Amsterdam is a generic replica, a combination of the best qualities of clippers of the past (with fitting results).

Related Topics:
Mircea - Gorch Fock - Stad Amsterdam - Clipper

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A genuine replica is preferably the same size as the original, but the Kanrin Maru is acutally twice the size of the original.

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The USS Constitution is strictly speaking not a replica, but everything about the ship has been replaced over time, except the keel. This is a modern version of the philosopher's dilemma over the Ship of Theseus.

Related Topics:
USS Constitution - Ship of Theseus

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Some replicas are temporary and thus cheap and very simple, such as the replica of a Viking ship that was burnt at the Leixlip Festival.

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Some sailing ship replicas with their home port (many articles are about the original ship):

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Europe

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