# Replica East Indiaman Gøtheborg

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/replica-east-indiaman-gotheborg/58531>\
**Category:** Maritime History\
**Created:** [February 26, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/replica-east-indiaman-gotheborg/58531 "2021-02-26T16:19:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/replica-east-indiaman-gotheborg/58531/1 "2021-02-26T16:19:51Z")

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A replica of the Swedish East Indiaman Gøtheborg has been sold and will be sailing to the East again soon:  
[https://transpacificvn.com/news/greencarrier-buys-replica-of-17th-century-square-rigger](https://transpacificvn.com/news/greencarrier-buys-replica-of-17th-century-square-rigger)  
It doesn’t say if she will be carrying any cargo on her trip.

She has been in the Far East before. Here is some pictures I took of her when visiting Singapore in 2007:

 ![P1100446](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/f/4/f480d5f1f70b7d500b17fced042d2f73c4e59612.jpeg)

 ![P1100447](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/e/c/ec4e4474264c23f6889b28c1986f338910269304.jpeg)

 ![P1100452](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/0/4/04a65156a78bff32633ce71cb4331c981ce7f68e.jpeg)

 ![P1100449](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/8/1/811a1e2c2b8148058b0a40215f9a056bf872b2d6.jpeg)

 ![P1100450](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/5/f/5fb4ba9d8f7303947b0c16b34982cd14d5ffe10e.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Hornblower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@Hornblower](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hornblower)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/replica-east-indiaman-gotheborg/58531/2 "2021-02-26T21:04:27Z")

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Ship chandlers must positively wet themselves when she pops up over the horizon.  
All that rope, all that tar, all those weevily biscuits.  
Not to mention all the visits to the pox doctor.