The Swedish Ship, Götheborg In London.

On the 8th of August, the magnificent Swedish ship, named The Götheborg entered London in spectacular style. With the iconic Tower bridge in full open swing at 8:30am right on time, the ship sailed through (under) the bridge. What an amazing site to behold.

I got to the Tower of London riverside early to have a good position and slowly the banks of the river slowly filled up, not too crowded which was good. You could see many more on the other side where the old city hall still stands. We were told online to expect the cannons to fire, similar to last time she visited London, some 15 years ago, sadly she didn’t fire her canons, not sure why. Her crew did sing a sea chanty though for all to hear on the river banks.

The original Götheborg was much larger and was built in the 18th century but sank in 1745. The ship you see here started building in 1995 to the exact drawings and techniques of the original.

She is on a European and Asia tour, and was stopping in London for a few days, allowing the public to visit her docked up in Canary Wharf.

She is the worlds largest operational wooden sailing ship.

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She stayed until the 12th and set sail for Bremerhaven in Germany on her tour. I spoke to some of the people who work on board her when I went down to where she was moored and you can actually sail with them, as a deckhand. Any one can apply for this unique experience. Click here.