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Drakkar
12.11.2019
Drakkar
Drakkar, or dreki 'dragon' are the type of ship, of thirty rowing benches and upwards that are only known from historical sources, such as the 13th-century Göngu-Hrólfs saga . Here, the ships are described as most unusual, elegant, ornately...
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Skeid
12.11.2019
Skeid
Skeid (skeið), meaning ‘slider’ (referring to a sley, a weavers reed, or to a sheath that a knife slides into) and probably connoting ‘speeder’ (referring to a running race) (Zoega, Old Icelandic Dictionary). These ships were larger warships, consisting...
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Nordland
11.11.2019
Nordland
The Nordland boat (or Norwegian: Nordlandsbåt), is a type of fishing boat that has been used for centuries in northern counties of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark of Norway and derives its name from Nordland county...
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Faering
11.11.2019
Faering
A faering is an open boat with two pairs of oars, commonly found in most boat-building traditions in western and northern Scandinavia. The word faering comes from the Norwegian word færing (Old Norse feræringr),...
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Knarr
11.11.2019
Knarr
A knarr /nɔːr/ is a type of Norse merchant ship used by the Vikings. The knarr (Old Norse: knǫrr, plural knerrir) was constructed using the same clinker-built method as longships, karves, and faerings....
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Snekke
10.11.2019
Snekke
Common to these quite different types, from today's private boats driven by engine to a large warship staffed by an army hundreds of years ago, is that they are klink built and pointed the door. An example of a modern snail or chafe is Skager 660. Snekke comes from Old Norse...
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Snekkja
10.11.2019
Snekkja
The snekkja (or snekke), meaning "snakes", because the ships were long and sleek, were typically the smallest longship used in warfare and was classified as a ship with at least 20 rowing benches. A typical snekkja might have a length of 17 m (56...
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Tune Ship
10.11.2019
Tune Ship
The Tune ship (Tuneskipet) is a Viking ship exhibited in the Viking Ship Museum (Vikingskipshuset på Bygdøy) in Bygdøy, Oslo. The Tune ship is of the karve, a small type of longship with broad hull. It was...
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Karvi
09.11.2019
Karvi
The Karvi (or karve) is the smallest vessel that is considered a longship. According to the 10th-century Gulating Law, a ship with 13 rowing benches is the smallest ship suitable for military use. A ship with 6 to 16 benches would be classified as a Karvi. These...
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Gisla
09.11.2019
Gisla
Throughout the Viking Age, Ribe Å river was a thoroughfare for broad-bowed trading ships and awe-inspiring longboats, as well as for small fishing and rowing boats. On the ship's bridge, the smells of tar and ropes mingle with the reek of sweaty sailors and the stench of fish...
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