World’s Largest Wooden Sailing Ship Arrives In Valletta Tomorrow
The world’s largest ocean-going wooden sailing ship, and a replica of an 18th-century Swedish East India Company ship, Götheborg of Sweden, is arriving in Valletta tomorrow.
Before mooring, the ship will salute the city with a gun salute which will be answered from Valletta’s Saluting Battery.
The Malta Tourism Authority is proud to be supporting Götheborg of Sweden’s first-ever voyage to Malta as part of the ship’s Asian Expedition for 2022/2023.
The Götheborg is on its way to Asia, and Malta is the 12th stopover on the Asia Expedition 2022/2023.
The ship will be in Valletta from 14th to 18th October, will be moored at Valletta Waterfront and will be open to visitors during the stopover.
Following in the historic footsteps of the original ship from the 18th century, the purpose of the expedition is for people to be able to sail along and experience sailing an 18th-century ship, for people to visit the ship in ports, and promote trade relations in Europe and Asia.
On each sailing, about 50 members of the public can sail along as deckhands. The professional crew consists of about 20 professional sailors, which means that there are between 70 to 80 people on board for each sailing leg.
The ship will sail in Europe in 2022, stay in Barcelona during the winter, and continue to Asia in March 2023. In September 2023, the ship will reach the expedition’s end destination Shanghai.
The Götheborg left Gothenburg on 8th June 2022 and has since visited Helsingborg, Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo, London, Bremerhaven, Lisbon, Málaga, Nice and Monaco. The next stop after Valletta is Barcelona, the last stop on this year’s expedition.
“This is the first time that the ship Götheborg visits Malta and Valletta, and we are already overwhelmed by the warm welcome from the city of Valletta. We are looking forward to beautiful days”, said Kristoffer Bennis, Expedition Director at Götheborg of Sweden.
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