The longship is characterized as a graceful, long, narrow, light, wooden boat with a shallow-draft hull designed for speed.

With all these qualities combined in one ship, the longship was unrivaled for centuries, until the arrival of the great Cog.

In Scandinavia, the longship was the usual vessel for war even with the introduction of cogs in the 12th – 13th centuries.

The longship was the enabler of the Viking style of warfare that was fast and mobile, relying heavily on the element of surprise, and they tended to capture horses for mobility rather than carry them on their ships.

Changes in shipbuilding in the rest of Europe led to the demise of the longship for military purposes.

* Skip, the Norse word for ship, generally denoting a large boat, but not necessarily a longship or langskip.

Haki asked for a longship, which was loaded with his dead warriors and their weapons.

The three then depart for the village's longship, to do battle.

When the time had arrived for cremation, they pulled his longship ashore and put it on a platform of wood, and they made a bed for the dead chieftain on the ship.

The snekkja, meaning ' thin and projecting ,' was typically the smallest longship used in warfare and was classified as a ship with at least 20 rowing benches.

Clarissa Dickson Wright claims that it " came to Scotland in a longship from Scandinavia even before Scotland was a single nation.

The average speed of Viking ships varied from ship to ship but lay in the range of 5 – 10 knots and the maximum speed of a longship under favorable conditions was around 15 knots.

The first true longship, that was rowed was the Nydam ship built in Denmark around AD 350.

The shipbuilder pictured the longship before its construction, based on previous builds, and the ship was then built from the keel up.

Unlike the knarrs, the longship sail was not stitched.

The device was tested successfully, as a sun compass, during a 1984 reenactment when a longship sailed across the North Atlantic.

One replica longship covered in a single day, and another re-creator was able to go faster than in his longship.

The longship was a master of all trades.

The last Viking longship was defeated in 1429.

* The Ormen Lange (" The Long Serpent ") was the most famous longship of Norwegian king Olaf Tryggvason.

The average speed of Viking ships varied from ship to ship but lay in the range of 5 – 10 knots and the maximal speed of a longship under favorable conditions was around 15 knots.

The saga chronicles the events that led to Erik the Red's banishment to Greenland as well as Leif Ericson's discovery of Vinland the Good after his longship was blown off course.

In 1979 Odin's Raven, the replica of a Viking longship, sailed from Norway to Peel to commemorate Manx millennium at the 1000th annual sitting of the Isle of Man's Parliament, Tynwald. In 2005, a new floodgate was installed at Peel to retain the waters of the River Neb and thus enable the moored boats to float at low tide.

These late-1980s models had a badge resembling the Rover Viking longship, but it was not identical, nor did the word " Rover " ever appear on the cars.

The ships were large enough to carry cargo and passengers on long ocean voyages, but still maintained speed and agility, making the longship a versatile warship and cargo carrier.

A half size replica of the Sutton Hoo longship has been equipped with a substancial sail, despite the original having oar power only.

A Viking longship is burnt during Edinburgh's annual Hogmanay celebrations ( though Edinburgh has no historical connection with the Norse invaders ). When Ne ' erday falls on a Sunday, 3 January becomes an additional public holiday in Scotland ; when Ne ' erday falls on a Saturday, both 3 and 4 January will be public holidays in Scotland ; when Ne ' erday falls on a Friday, 4 January becomes an additional public holiday in Scotland.

The longship ’ s design evolved over many years, beginning in the Stone Age with the invention of the umiak and continuing up to the 9th century with the Nydam and Kvalsund ships.

The Lancha Poveira, a boat from Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal is one of the last remnants from the longship, keeping all the longboat features but without a long stern and bow, and with a Mediterranean sail.

* longship: vessels used by the Vikings, with a single mast and square sail, also propelled by oars.

The longship ’ s design evolved over many years, beginning in the Stone Age with the invention of the umiak and continuing up to the 9th century with the Nydam and Kvalsund ships.

Much of the humor centers around Hägar's interactions with his longship crew, especially " Lucky Eddie " ( when on voyages or during periodic sacking and looting raids ), in the tavern or at home with his combative spouse and family.

He continues with his warlike feats and one day, as he stands aboard his longship, he is visited by a valkyrie named Sigrún, who can ride through the air and over the sea and who knows well about his feats.

This headline show was performed with complex props, including a Viking longship on stage.

Certain results of his intellectual approach shown in the series and the film adaptation include building a makeshift catapult to beat his father in a stone-ferrying contest, fitting their longship with kites to make it glide through the air, and using a small sawfish to cut an escape hole through a wooden door.

Even though no longship sail has been found, accounts verify that longships had square sails.

Bulkier ships were developed which were primarily sail-driven, although the long lowboard Viking-style rowed longship saw use well into the 15th century.

The longship had a long and narrow hull, as well as a shallow draft, in order to facilitate landings and troop deployments in shallow water.

Hulls up to 5. 6 m wide gave stability, making the longship less likely to tip when sailed.

These re-creators have been able to identify many of the advances that the Vikings implemented in order to make the longship a superior vessel.

A Viking longship being burnt during Edinburgh's annual Hogmanay celebrations.

The longship appeared in its complete form between the 9th and 13th centuries.

The Karvi are the smallest vessel that is considered a longship.

The ship discovered in 1962, Skuldelev 2 is an oak-built Skei longship.

The Stora Hammars stones | Stora Hammars I stone showing armed warriors in a longship.

The Sutton Hoo longship, sometimes referred to as the ghost ship of the Wufflings, is about 27m x 4. 5m maximum beam and built about 625AD.

After several centuries of evolution, the fully developed longship emerged some time in the middle of the ninth century.

Possibly these were pit saws and it is uncertain if they were used in longship construction.

At the height of Viking expansion into Dublin and Jorvik 875-954 AD the longship reached a peak of development such as the Gokstad ship 890.