Hugin (ship)

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Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ 43.8 "  N , 1 ° 22 ′ 22.5"  E

The Hugin on the Cliffsend coast.

The Hugin is a Danish replica of the Norwegian Gokstad ship made before 1949 , which attracted a great deal of attention in July 1949 when it sailed from Denmark to England . The ship is on display at Pegwell Bay in Kent today .

England trip

With a crew of 53 Danes, the Hugin drove from Jutland to England in July 1949 to take part in the 1,500th anniversary of the landing of the Anglo-Saxons under Hengest and Horsa in England in 449. The skipper and the only trained seaman was navigator Peter Jensen. The only non-historical piece of equipment on board was a sextant . At the end of July 1949, the Hugin arrived in Main Bay (later called Viking Bay) near the city of Broadstairs , although it is not the traditional site of the historic landing of the Anglo-Saxons; this is a stretch of beach in the nearby hamlet of Ebbsfleet. From Broadstairs she continued her journey via Ramsgate , Greenwich and Richmond to London , where she arrived on August 1, 1949. The crew was received with lunch in the Guildhall by the Mayor of London . It was announced that the Daily Mail had acquired the Hugin and was planning to donate it to the cities of Broadstairs and Ramsgate. The Hugin was taken to an exhibition site in Pegwell Bay, where it was presented to the Mayors of Broadstairs and Ramsgate by Prince George of Denmark on July 29, 1950. A bronze plaque was unveiled by Prince Georg.

Whereabouts

The Hugin is on display and open to the public in Pegwell Bay, in the town of Cliffsend near Ramsgate. In 2005 she was taken overland to a repair yard specializing in the restoration of historic ships in Gloucester , where she was overhauled for six months. On June 9, 2005, she returned to her original place.

Others

The "landing" of the Hugin and her crew in period costumes in Pegwell Bay on the occasion of the ceremonial handover to the cities of Broadstairs and Ramsgate was recorded by the British Pathé newsreel . Excerpts from it were 1965 in an episode of the British science fiction - television series Doctor Who used that a Viking raid represents.

Web links

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Viking Ship Hugin , Visit Kent Limited
  2. ^ Hugin - Replica Viking Ship. itraveluk, accessed on February 22, 2017 .
  3. ↑ The Viking Ship 'hugin' At Ramsgate
  4. ^ The Hugin - Pegwell Bay, Kent, UK. waymarking.com, accessed February 22, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Viking longship back home in Kent. BBC News , June 9, 2005, accessed February 22, 2017 .