VIKING LONGSHIPS

Longships were a type of ship invented and used by the Norsemen for trade and invasion. The Vikings also had slower passenger and cargo ships called knorrs. A Viking ship was built beside a river oran inlet of the sea. People stuffed animal wool and sticky tar from pine trees to make it strengthen and blood to colour it.

VIKING SHIELDS

Viking shields were about 80 to 90 cm.Shields have been as small as 70 cm(28 inches).Surviving shields were made from spruce,fir or pine.

KEY FACTS

The boat was narrow enough to fit threw rivers.The sail was made out of sheep wool,sheep fat and tar.The bottom of the boat was waterproof.The boat could fit up to 50-60 warriors.They had a scary animal head on the front of the longship.The biggest ships had 70 oars.The smallest boat had 26 oars.Only Viking kings could afford boats.They started to build the boat from inside to out.Vikings came from Denmark,Norway,Finland and Sweden all known as Scandinavia.The Viking ships aren't like any other ship today.It had to be light to skim through water.