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Naming ceremony for replica 'East Indiaman' ship

(3 Sep 2004) 1. Wide shot of 'East Indiaman Götheborg' ship replica in Gothenburg's harbour 2. Close up of bottle of champagne ready for naming ceremony 3. Swedish flag 4. Wide shot front of the ship 5. Tilt down from mast to Swedish flag 6. Close up ship's prow 7. Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, walking to podium with Göran Bengtsson, chairman of the East Indiaman Götheborg Foundation, and ship's captain Peter Karling 8. SOUNDBITE (swedish) Queen Silvia of Sweden: "May luck and prosperity follow you and your crew on your journeys across the seas" 9. Queen Silvia cutting the line holding bottle of champagne 10. Bottle swings into ship and breaks 11. Queen Silvia embracing King Carl XVI Gustaf, and shaking hand of the ship's captain 12. Ship emblem 13. Canon salute 14. Crew raising ship's sail 15. Ship's sails 16. Band playing onboard 17. Fireworks going off around ship 18. Bengtsson, Queen and King with fingers in their ears 19. More of fireworks at the back of the ship 20. Wide shot of ship 21. King and Queen boarding ship and greeting its captain Peter Karling 22. Band saluting the crew and royal couple STORYLINE A replica of the 18th Century trading ship, the East Indiaman Götheborg, was officially named by Queen Silvia of Sweden on Friday. Hundreds of dignitaries from around the world attended the ceremony at the original vessel's home-port of Gothenburg. It was on the homeward voyage from a sailing expedition to China in 1745 that one of the Swedish East India Company's ships foundered in the middle of Gothenburg harbour. The East Indiaman had deviated from its proper course and ran aground on a well-known underwater rock. It rapidly took on water and sank with its entire cargo. Over 200 years later, in 1984, the Swedish Underwater Archaeology Society made a ground breaking discovery of the sunken ship. It was decided that a replica would be built under the newly formed SOIC (Swedish East India Company), which would implement the plans necessary to recreate a 1:1 copy. Built using the same craftsmanship and materials as in the 18th Century, the replica ship is some 50 metres long with a breadth of 11 metres. She is 47 metres tall and displaces 1250 tonnes. The vessel's alignments and equipment are based on archive information as well as measurements that were taken from the original, excavated Götheborg. Some exceptions have, however, been necessary in view of modern marine safety regulations. While the exterior presents an 18th Century appearance, the outside planking carries all the modern equipment required for the ship to meet present-day classification rules. In 2005 the East Indiaman Götheborg will embark on an expedition to China. En route it will make stops at ports in Spain, Brazil, South Africa, and Jakarta, before continuing on to its historical destination of Guangzhou (canton) in China, where a big welcoming ceremony is expected. It is expected to arrive back in Gothenburg in September 2007. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...