The ''Hugin'' is a reconstructed

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located at

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. It was a gift from the Danish government commemorating the 1500th anniversary of the arrival of

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, leaders of the Anglo-Saxon invasion, at nearby Ebbsfleet. The ship is a replica of the much later ca. 890

Gokstad ship The Gokstad ship is a 9th-century Viking ship found in a burial mound at Gokstad in Sandar, Norway, Sandar, Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway. It is displayed at the Viking Ship Museum (Oslo), Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, Norway. It is the largest pr ...

. The boat was built in Denmark whence it was sailed by 53 Danes to England in 1949. The ship landed at Viking Bay in

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, Kent. The ship was presented to the people of Thanet by the King of Denmark, its costs having been paid by the ''Daily Mail'', and placed in its current location. In 2005 the ship underwent major repairs coordinated by

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specialist Fred Walker and funded by Thanet District Council assisted by EU funding. ''Hugin''’s arrival was presented in a newsreel short entitled "Kent Welcomes Viking Invaders", which

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has uploaded to the internet. Footage from the newsreel was used in the 1965 ''

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'' serial ''

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'' to represent an 11th-century Viking raiding party."Restoration" documentary video included as bonus material on ''

'' DVD. In 1979 the ship was featured on the rear cover of

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album ''

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'', showing the band inside the ship.

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Article on Hugin

Video of Hugin being presented by Prince Georg of Denmark, 1950
Medieval history of Denmark Ships of England Ships built in Denmark Replicas of Viking ships {{ship-stub

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