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Originally Posted by sbu22
Incredible stuff, Aus. Thank you. Iron men and wooden ships! (Yeah, I know Peking was a steel hull, but it fits)
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Hi,
My home town was a large wooden sail ship Sigyn who drove the cargo across the ocean, built in 1887 and museumed in 1936 and still alive but not sailing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigyn_(ship)
My neighbor town Stockholm, an older Wasa warship was completed in 1628 and ran just under 1nm and sink, now museumed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)
And last seasons big tall ships race visit Turku
NBs