List of the longest wooden ships in the world

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The Swedish Vasa from 1628. Today a museum ship.

This list includes the largest wooden ships in the world. The criterion is the length of the ship, possibly including the bowsprit .

For definition

Depending on the definition, there are different contenders for the title of the largest wooden ship. For example, some ships are reinforced with iron or steel components that are supposed to counteract the bending of the wooden hull planks, which occurs more strongly the longer the wooden planks are. Some of the ships were not particularly seaworthy, with some even sunk on their maiden voyage or shortly thereafter. Some of the younger ships were never intended for cruising, but serve as floating museums or restaurants. Last but not least, the information on all ships is not credible or verifiable.

Largest known wooden ships

Length [m] Width [m] Surname period of service Whereabouts
137.4 15.2 Wyoming 1909-1924 Sunk in the storm with crew
130 35 Solano 1879-1930 Sunk as a breakwater
122 16.2 Denmark ex Great Republic 1853-1872 Sunk in the storm
116.8 14.89 Roanoke 1892-1905 Burned out and sunk
115.0 22.19 Rochambeau ex USS Dunderberg 1865-1874 Wrecked
110.8 18.6 Baron of Renfrew 1825-1825 Stranded and broken apart
108.2 15.4 Columbus 1824-1825 Broken apart and sunk
108 13.73 Shenandoah 1890-1916 Sunk and blown up
105 13.73 Rappahannock 1889-1891 Burned and sunk at sea
104 20.3 Caligula's main ship approx. 37 Used as a foundation for lighthouse
103 13.4 Pretoria 1900-1905 Sunk
102.1 18.29 HMS Orlando and HMS Mersey 1858-1871 and -1875, respectively Sold for scrapping
100 13.73 Susquehanna 1891-1905 Sunk in the storm
098.8 14.0 Santiago 1899-1918 Flooded and sunk in a storm
097.2 12.8 Appomattox 1896-1905 Capsized in the fog
083.7 18.5 Al-Hashemi-II 2001– Museum and restaurant
078.3 14.5 Eagle of Lübeck 1567-1588 Wrecked
076 14.17 Sovereign of the Seas 1637-1696 Burned
071.9 10.7 SS Great Western 1837-1856 Wrecked
071 13.5 Jylland (ship, 1860) 1860-1908 Museum ship
070 18th Nemi ships approx. 37 Sunk, later recovered and finally destroyed in the fire
069.3 15.8 HMS Victory 1760-1812 In service, museum ship in a dry dock
069 11.7 Vasa 1628-1628 Sunk, museum ship after salvage
066.4 15.2 Grace Dieu 1420-1439 Sunk
065 10.6 SV Tenacious 2000– In service, ship for disabled seafarers
063 10.6 Neptune 1986– Port of Genoa, museum ship
062 13 USS Constitution 1798– In service, the world's oldest seaworthy warship
061.5 11.3 Seute Deern 1919-2020 Scrapping planned by the German Maritime Museum
061.3 16.2 Santissima Trinidad 1769-1805 Sunk after the Battle of Trafalgar
061 16 Soleil Royal 1670-1692 Burned
058.5 11 Gothenburg 2003– In service
054 12.9 Kronan 1672-1676 By unforced errors during the Battle of Öland dropped
051 12 Peter of Danzig Before 1462 – late 1470s Wrecked

Less well documented large wooden ships

Length [m] Surname Completed
128.0 Tessera counter Approx. 200 BC Chr.
115.0 Thalamegos Approx. 200 BC Chr.
073.2 Great Michael 1511

Unconfirmed large wooden ships

Length [m] Surname Completed
59-84 (137) Zheng He's treasure ship 1402 – late 1440s
110 m (55 m) Syracusia Approx. 240 BC Chr.
54.86 Isis Approx. 150

See also

Remarks

  1. ↑ Including bowsprit , if known
  2. ↑ http://cprr.org/Museum/Solano/
  3. ↑ a b c d e Basil Lubbock: The Down Easters - American Deep-water Sailing Ships 1869-1929 . Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., Nautical Publishers. Glasgow 1929, 1930 and 1953 (reprint).
  4. ↑ http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Clippers/Great_Republic(1853).html
  5. ↑ http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Fourmast_ships/Roanoke(1892).html
  6. ↑ http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Fourmast_ships/Shenandoah(1890).html
  7. ↑ http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Fourmast_ships/Susquehanna(1891).html