Gotheborg East Indiaman Sailing Ship visits Barcelona 2022
The largest operational and sailing replica of an 18th century east Indiaman merchant vessel visits Barcelona for winter 2022
Event Start: Oct 27, 2022 15:00h
Event End: Mar 20, 2023 18:15h
Updated: Feb 23, 2023by: Barcelona Travel HacksViews: 1.2k
About Gotheborg East Indiaman Sailing Ship visits Barcelona
The vessel is a replica of the Gotheborg I, launched in 1738. The original ship sank off Gotheburg, Sweden, on 12th September 1745, while approaching the harbor on her return from a third voyage to China. Construction of the replica started in 1995, with the hull launched in 2003 and the rig fully tested in 2005.
Gotheburg is the worlds largest operational and sailing wooden vessel from this period.
Gotheburg is not a warship but and armed merchantman with 830 tones cargo capacity and 30 cannon for protection.
