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A ship replica is a reconstruction of a no longer existing ship. It can either be a real seaworthy ship or one that just looks like the original (in which case it is often a Museum Ship ). This does not include Scale Models . It can also be a generic replica, one that represents a certain type of ship rather than a particular ship, like the Kamper Kogge , a Cog , which is a type of ship that was used extensively in the Netherlands in the Middle Ages , as a result of which there is little knowledge of specific ships. Reasons to build a replica include historic research into Shipbuilding , national pride, exposition at a museum or entertainment (e.g. for a TV series). Apart from making the ship genuine, the construction material, tools and methods can also be genuine, as is the case with the replica of the ''Batavia'' . Some ships are in a sense replicas, but not in the sense meant here. For example, the ''Mircea'' is an almost exact copy of the '' Gorch Fock '' because that was such a successful ship. So she was not built for nostalgic or research purposes but simply to perform economically, in this case as a training vessel. The '' Stad Amsterdam '' is a generic replica, a combination of the best qualities of Clipper s of the past (with fitting results). A genuine replica is preferably the same size as the original, but the ''Kanrin Maru'' is actually twice the size of the original. The USS ''Constitution'' is strictly speaking not a replica, but everything about the ship has been replaced over time, except the keel. This is a modern version of the philosopher's dilemma over the Ship Of Theseus . Some replicas are temporary and thus cheap and very simple, such as the replica of a Viking ship that was burnt at the Leixlip Festival. NOTABLE SHIP REPLICAS Some sailing ship replicas with their home port (many articles are about the original ship): Europe
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At the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde , replicas of Viking ships are built. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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