Booking an event -
Ships
Booking an event -
Ships
As
we are attempting to re-create the past of an island community, we feel
that it would be quite inappropriate if we could not demonstrate something of
the maritime life of our ancestors. Alone of all re-enactment societies, Regia
Anglorum owns and operates several period ship replicas.
Three forty-seven foot GRP vessels form the bulk of the "fleet". Built in the Isle of Man for the Jorvik Viking Centre in the late 1980's, the Society purchased them from JVC some years ago. Our ships have appeared in various films and TV series including "The Adventure of English", "A History of Britain", "Blood of the Vikings", "Time Team Live", "Erik the Viking", "The Earliest Ships", "Great Ships" (shown recently on the History Channel) and "Ivanhoe!".
The
largest wooden vessel is a good replica of the Krampmakken boat, and is
currently out of service undergoing remedial work. This thirty-two foot replica
has been used on the Ouse near York, the Humber estuary, the North Sea off Northumbria,
the Firth of Forth and has also appeared in various films.
In 1994, the Society commissioned a six-oared boat, the building of which was completed at one of our events that year. It has seen use on the Medway, the River Itchen in Winchester, the Thames and has taken part in the Great River Race on the Thames in September on three occasions now - and we've not been last yet! All our wooden vessels are propelled by oar and sail alone and are larch built.
Therefore, we can offer what is probably the largest fleet of vessels of this kind in private hands in a thousand years!
So
far I have covered the obvious things we can provide for your event - however
we offer a lot more that just that. Follow me here
to discover how we can make your life easier with our experience and our one-stop
approach to events; or return to the Booking
an event menu.
Accessible through a Broadband connection, an electronic inquiry to booking@regia.org will frequently get a fast response and a call to any directory service will produce a telephone number
J. Kim Siddorn