The Viking Longships

Dragon Head

The dragon head is usually on the front of the longship. It was used to threaten the people that they're going to invade.The dragon head was calved with a knife.

The Sail

Viking ships have square

sails made from woven

wool animal fat and tar to

strengthen it.You will usually

find these in the middle.It was

probably 10 x 10 meters.

They were made wives,

daughters and servant girls.

They got red colour from blood.

Longships

They were made so they

could leave Scandinavia

(Sweeden, Norway,

Denmark and not forgeting

Finland) to invade, wait for

it, THE WORLD!!!

Ship sizes

The smallest ship was

26 oars but the normal

size was 70 or under.