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The royal barge Vasaordern was built in 1774 for wedding of prince Karl and princess Hedvig Elisabeth Cahrlotta of Holstein Gottorp by the prince's brother king Gustav III. Designer was master shipbuilder and admiral Fredric Hendric af Chapman. The Royal barge was destroyed in a devastaing fire at naval yard in Stockholm 1923 and replica was made, exact into last detail.

The barge is used for statevisits (QE II was transferd from HMY Brittanina to the royal castle in stockholm with the barge in 1956 and the queen of Holland a year later from the cruiser De Zeven Provicien) and grand royal cermonies such as wedding. The laste occasions was the visit of emperor Aikithito of Japan and the Royal wedding in the summer of 2011.

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All Royal Swedish Navy units from 1522 to present

Awesome, Awesome and Awesome! I still need to do the Dutch one, but I lack good stuff.

Don't the court of the Netherlands have one of their own?

At queen Fabiolas statevisit in 1957 the barge of course carried the royal jack of the house of Orangen on the jackstaff. I is a quite mighty wiev with both the Tre Kronor and De Zeven Provincien, with destoryer escorts firing a 21 gun royal salute as the barge cross the water from the cruiser to the palace.

I saw her live a the wedding, probably the most elegant ship I've seen, to bad I hadnät the chance be an officer on board.

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Dieu et mon droit
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All Royal Swedish Navy units from 1522 to present

We have a Red Galley, it's still existing in a museum.

Well that's a pretty fancy barge, the Royal Carriage is the only thing even remotely as fancy as I can remember the English having!

Sweet, I want one!

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