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
0 98.8
14.0
Santiago
1899-1918
Flooded and sunk in a storm
0 97.2
12.8
Appomattox
1896-1905
Capsized in the fog
0 83.7
18.5
Al-Hashemi-II
2001–
Museum and restaurant
0 78.3
14.5
Eagle of Lübeck
1567-1588
Wrecked
0 76
14.17
Sovereign of the Seas
1637-1696
Burned
0 71.9
10.7
SS Great Western
1837-1856
Wrecked
0 71
13.5
Jylland (ship, 1860)
1860-1908
Museum ship
0 70
18th
Nemi ships
approx. 37
Sunk, later recovered and finally destroyed in the fire
0 69.3
15.8
HMS Victory
1760-1812
In service, museum ship in a dry dock
0 69
11.7
Vasa
1628-1628
Sunk, museum ship after salvage
0 66.4
15.2
Grace Dieu
1420-1439
Sunk
0 65
10.6
SV Tenacious
2000–
In service, ship for disabled seafarers
0 63
10.6
Neptune
1986–
Port of Genoa, museum ship
0 62
13
USS Constitution
1798–
In service, the world's oldest seaworthy warship
0 61.5
11.3
Seute Deern
1919-2020
Scrapping planned by the German Maritime Museum
0 61.3
16.2
Santissima Trinidad
1769-1805
Sunk after the Battle of Trafalgar
0 61
16
Soleil Royal
1670-1692
Burned
0 58.5
11
Gothenburg
2003–
In service
0 54
12.9
Kronan
1672-1676
By unforced errors during the Battle of Öland dropped
0 51
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.
0 73.2
Great Michael
1511
Unconfirmed large wooden ships
See also
Remarks
↑ Including bowsprit , if known
↑ http://cprr.org/Museum/Solano/
↑ 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).
↑ http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Clippers/Great_Republic(1853).html
↑ http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Fourmast_ships/Roanoke(1892).html
↑ http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Fourmast_ships/Shenandoah(1890).html
↑ http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Fourmast_ships/Susquehanna(1891).html
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