In 449 AD, Jute Vikings from Denmark set out and headed for England. They arrived in Ebbsfleet 53 days later. The commanders of this ship and others were King brothers Hengist and Horsa. The ship they came in was the Hugin. These Kings were major in the history of Britain. As far as they were concerned, this was their country now and they would defend it with their lives.
These two Kings are buried just outside of Folkestone, UK, in a little town called Newington. Two ferries that used to sail out of Folkestone, before the port was shut down, were named after the Kings with Hengist being the larger ship, and the Horsa being the smaller. In the hurricane of 1987, the Hengist was ripped from its berthing and beached.
In 1949, a replica of the Hugin was given to the town of Ramsgate, and placed at Pegwell Bay.
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