Viking Ships
Viking Ships
Bulkhead
lightweight Shaped to skim quickly through the water. Warships and raiding ships were designed to come right up on the beach so that men could jump out and start fighting straight away.
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waterproof with tar from pine trees. The square sails were made of woven wool and were often brightly coloured. When the wind was wrong for sailing, teams of oarsmen rowed them. Many ships were decorated with carvings on their curved ends
before around 850, fleets rarely comprised more than 100 ships. Much larger fleets of 200 and upwards were recorded later. An average speed of 10 to 11 knots could have been achieved, or perhaps rather more in short bursts. Crews of 25 to 60 men would have seated on benches on open decks, although the largest ships could have carried as many as 100 or more.
warriors on their raids across Europe. Called a dragon ship by its enemies. Most large Drakkar, were owned by a powerful king.
(91 feet). Largest ever excavated was seventy meters (227 feet) long.
Sixty oarsmen Four hundred warriors In the last days of the Viking Age, three hundred
warriors
Clinker design Planked using two centimeter (3/4) thick oak boards
Overlapped slightly Fastened with iron nails.
wool or animal fur to make the ship watertight planks were also nailed to support-ribbing that ran from the gunwale to the keel. keel, which ran the full length of the ship
Made of one solid piece of oak. It add stability Made the ship travel straight through the water
Gunwal
Navigate in water less than a meter deep (3 feet). In shallow water, the warriors would move to one
side of the ship to tilt it so it would pass over rocks and shoals. The longships' tapered bows and sterns enabled the Vikings to row the ships forwards and backwards without first having to turn the ships around.
This was a great advantage when fleeing after a raid.
Much different from a Drakkar: Shorter Wide Better suited to carrying cargo such as cattle, wool, timber and wheat. Averages 16 meters in length (48 feet) 5 meters in width (15 feet) 2 meters +(6 feet) high from keel to top of gunwale. *Draft of 1 meter (3 feet) *Depth in water. It could not navigate the shoals as well as the lighter
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Cagner, Ewert. The Viking. Published by Cagner & Co., 1966
Nicolaysen, N.. The Viking-Ship from Gokstad. Republished by Gregg
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