Maritiman is a floating
maritime museum
A maritime museum (sometimes nautical museum) is a museum specializing in the display of objects relating to ships and travel on large bodies of water. A subcategory of maritime museums are naval museums, which focus on navy, navies and the m ...
on the
Göta Älv
Göta is a Swedish given name, which is the female equivalent of Göte. It may refer to:
* Göta Ljungberg (1893–1955), Swedish singer
* Göta Pettersson (1926–1993), Swedish gymnast
Other uses
* Göta, Sweden
*Göta älv, a river in Swede ...
, in
Gothenburg
Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...
, Sweden. The museum's collection comprises 19 vessels, the oldest being
HSwMS ''Sölve'' from 1875.
The collection
All of the vessels are afloat on the river. The collection includes:
*Cargo ship ''Fryken''
*,
*Repair ship ''ESAB IV''
*Fireboat ''Flodsprutan II''
*Gothenburg barge
*Lightship ''
Fladen''
*HSwMS ''Kalmarsund'', minelaying vessel
*,
*Port ferry ''Dan Broström''
*Port towboat ''Stormprincess''
*,
*Towboat ''Herkules''
*HSwMS ''Hugin'', ''Hugin''-class patrol boat
See also
* , another a maritime museum in Göteborg
External links
Official website
1985 establishments in Sweden
Maritime museums in Sweden
Museums established in 1985
Museums in Gothenburg
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