The story of the ship Gothenburg
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The wreck of the 1738 Gothenburg was recovered in 1986. In 2003, a replica of the ship was launched, and in 20 months between 2005 and 2007 she travelled her original route to China and back home, visiting places like Cádiz, Spain - Cape Town, South Africa, and Canton, China. If you're into the Age of Sail you have likely heard of this journey and seen videos of the replica and her crew, but in this video, I want to explain the history behind this ship, and the intrigues which eventually led to her ultimate disaster.
Sources
Ostindiefararen Göteborg 1738-45 - Per Forsberg et al
Norstedts Sveriges historia: 1721-1830 - Elisabeth Mansén
Image Sources
By Anneli Salo - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By W.carter - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
0:42 The Swedish EIC
2:02 The Ship
3:18 The Crew
5:22 The Voyage
7:48 China
8:53 The voyage back home
9:45 What caused the disaster?
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Thanks baltic empire, very cool video. Videos on the other companies would be cool. I don't know much about this region and time period in history, so I'll watch pretty much anything.
That's definitely one heck of a voyage.
Excellent video
Sweden had boats other than Vasa?
Can’t wait for New Sweden to get an installment in the series, or the Swedish East Indies? That was a thing too right? More golden age of piracy cross overs are always fun to watch.
@balticempire7244
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video on New Sweden is coming soon
@peterhoulihan9766
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@@balticempire7244 This is fascinating, I had no idea Sweden had a trading company or a colony.
There was a video on KZread of the building of the replica Gothenburg, and judging by the materials and construction methods, it’s hard to believe that the ship sank simply by running aground. Unless she was traveling much faster than she should have.
If you don’t mind me asking but can you do a video on the moose cavalry of Sweden.
The Replica Gothenburg...lt has even sailed to Fremantle Western Australia.... As a Shipwrights TA in Traditional Tall Ship's, As a Specialist in Chip Carving etc....our crew was allowed to have a free tour, looking at the required Repairs and required Fitting.
cheers Balti.
Very interesting video once more. Cheers. 🇸🇪
Where can I find the artist behind the illustrations? It looks very good
@balticempire7244
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I scanned them from a Swedish kid's book I borrowed at the local library, I was not able to find it online
@hailmary2959
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@@balticempire7244 What was the name of it?
Didnt they anchor outside India to buy cargo to trade to the chinese? Some claim opium was not uncommon..
I bet Sweden jelly Britain got one thats not a replica. 😏
The chinese calling euros barbaric is ironic.. they couldn't even explain why the world was round until euros arrived