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__notoc__ 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 museum ship). This does not include scale models. It can also be a generic replica, one that represents a certain type of ship rather than a particular ship, like the Kamper Kogge, a Cog, which is a type of ship that was used extensively in the Netherlands in the middle ages, as a result of which there is little knowledge of specific ships.

Reasons to build a replica include 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.

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).

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

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.

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.

Notable ship replicas

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

Europe

Australia
  • Bounty; Sydney, Australia; Ship which mutinied in 1789
  • Duyfken; Perth, Australia; A Dutch VOC ship
  • Endeavour; Sydney, Australia; Captain Cook's ship
  • Enterprize; Melbourne, Australia; The schooner that brought the first Europeans to Melbourne
  • Lady Nelson; Tasmania, Australia; 19th century ship that explored the coast of Australia

North America

Asia
  • Kanrin Maru; Minami Awaji harbour, Japan; a double-size replica of a Japanese warship
  • Namihaya; Osaka Maritime Museum, Japan; 5th Century Japanese Ship Replica
  • San Juan Bautista; Ishinomaki, Japan; a Japanese warship
  • Turtle ship; a generic replica of a Korean ship
  • Kaiou; National Museum of Kyusyu, Japan; 6th Century Japanese Ship Replica
  • Michinoku Maru; Michinoku Traditional Wooden Boat Museum, Japan; 18th Century Japanese Trade Ship (Kitamae Bune) Replica

Other
  • Bounty; two replicas of this ship have been built for films about the famous mutiny.
  • Hokule'a; Honolulu, Hawaii; an ancient Hawaiian vessel.
  • Makali'i; Kawaihae, Hawaii; an ancient Hawaiian vessel.
  • Muningana Maisu; Kawaihae, Hawaii; an ancient Hawaiian vessel.
  • Hokualakai; Hilo, Hawaii; an ancient Hawaiian vessel.
  • Iosepa; Honolulu, Hawaii; an ancient Hawaiian vessel.
  • Hawaiiloa; Honolulu, Hawaii; an ancient Hawaiian vessel.
  • Te Aurere; Auckland, New Zealand; an ancient Maori vessel.
  • Aotearoa One; Auckland, New Zealand; an ancient Maori vessel.
  • Te Au O Tonga; Rarotonga, Cook Islands; an ancient Polynesian vessel.
  • Takitumu; Rarotonga, Cook Islands; an ancient Polynesian vessel.
  • Tahiti Nui; Tahiti, French Polynesia; an ancient Polynesian vessel, formary named "Hawaiki Nui".

Other vessels

At the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, replicas of Viking ships are built.

See also

External links

Ship types

Réplique de bateau

 

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