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longshipor Viking shipSail-and-oar vessel widely used in northern Europe for more than 1,500 years. It was a 45–75-ft (14–23-m) galley with up to 10 oars on a side, a square sail, and a 50–60-man capacity. Double-ended and built with overlapped planks, it was exceptionally sturdy in high seas. Examples have been found from as early as 300 BC. It carried the Vikings on their piratical raids of the 9th century and bore Leif Eriksson to America in 1000. Dutch, French, English, and German merchants and warriors also used it. longship a narrow open vessel with oars and a square sail, used esp by the Vikings during medieval times How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Any place within reach of Viking longships was in peril--especially England, surrounded by seas. He implemented some innovative defensive measures, such as a conscription system for alternative service in the military and in agriculture, a shipbuilding program with vessels of his own design to oppose the Danish longships (whence he was called "The father of the British Navy"), and a system of fortified towns (buhrs) for defence against land-invaders--this latter was never fully implemented by his officials. Two kinds of Viking boats were the Longship and the _______________. |
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