Viking ship

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A Viking ship is a long, narrow, and fast wooden seafaring vessel used by Norse sailors for trade, exploration, and warfare during the Viking Age.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf sailing vessel
ship type
watercraft
constructionMethod clinker-built
depictedIn runestones
sagas
developedBy Germanic peoples
surface form: Norse people
developedIn Scandinavia
enables open-ocean crossings
rapid coastal attacks
excavatedAt Gokstad ship
surface form: Gokstad ship burial

Oseberg ship burial
hasCulturalSignificanceIn Norse culture
Scandinavian heritage
hasFeature double-ended hull
overlapping planks
shallow draft
hasHullForm long
narrow
hasMaterial wood
hasProperty fast
hasPropulsion oars
sail
hasRiggingType single-masted rig
hasSailType square sail
hasSteering side rudder
steering oar
hasSubtype karve
knarr
longship
hasTypicalCrewRole rower
steersman
trader
warrior
hasUseContext colonization
long-distance voyages
raids
influenced medieval ship design in Northern Europe
operatedIn Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

North Sea
coastal waters
rivers
usedBy Norse sailors
Vikings
usedDuring Viking Age
usedFor exploration
trade
warfare

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Vikingskipet inspiredBy Viking ship