Derived from an old Icelandic term used to designate dragons.

Viking boat types. Typically a warship is narrower longer and shallower than a knörr and is powered by oars supplanted by sail. Vikings were brilliant ship designers and builders. Knorr is a trade ship.

Its thought the term skute referred to a wide selection of smaller vessels all possibly with their own uses but all being of small stature. Classified by Cruise Critic as small ships the fleet features understated elegance and modern Scandinavian design. Snekkja is a smalll war ship.

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Name of a type of boat used by the Scandinavians Saxons and Vikings in their war incursions. Karvi is a general use ship. The warship is completely open and is built for speed and maneuverability.

These appeared only in the biggest wars during the last years of the Viking age. Ranging from 45 to 75 feet 14 to 23 metres in length clinker-built with overlapped planks and carrying a single square sail the longship was exceptionally sturdy in. Knarr knórr The knarr had a relatively bulky hull with fewer pairs of oars than the longships.

The most common drakkar had thirty rowers and were the pride of Vikings earls and kings. The various types of Viking ships fell into a handful of categories from small rowing boats to powerful longships. Both the Gokstad ship and the Oseberg ship are examples of well preserved ships of this viking ship class.