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==History of the Knarr== |
==History of the Knarr== |
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The only knarr found to be well preserved was in a shallow channel in [[Roskilde Fjord]] in [[Denmark]] of 1962 along with two warships, a Baltic trader, and a ferryboat. Archaeologists believe that the ships were placed there to block the channel against enemy raiders. Today, all |
The only knarr found to be well preserved was in a shallow channel in [[Roskilde Fjord]] in [[Denmark]] of 1962 along with two warships, a Baltic trader, and a ferryboat. Archaeologists believe that the ships were placed there to block the channel against enemy raiders. Today, all fisexve ships, known as the [[Skuldelev ships]], are being restored at the [[Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde]]. |
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The knarr might have been in use in colonizing Iceland, Greenland, and [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]]. It was possibly the same kind of sailing vessel that the first European colonists used to sail to North America. |
The knarr might have been in use in colonizing Iceland, Greenland, and [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]]. It was possibly the same kind of sailing vessel that the first European colonists used to sail to North America. |
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Revision as of 18:51, 30 March 2009
Knarr Ship
A knarr is a type of Norse merchant ship famously used by the Vikings. The knarr (also known as knorr or knörr) is of the same clinker-built method used to construct longships, karves, and faerings.
The Knarr is the norse term for ships that were built for Atlantic voyages. They were cargo ships with a length of about 54 feet (16m), a beam of 15 feet (4.5m), and a hull capable of carrying up to 24 tons.[1] It was primarily used to transport trading goods like walrus ivory, wool, timber, wheat, furs and pelts, armour, slaves, honey, and weapons. It was also used to supply food, drink, and weapons and armour to warriors and traders along their journeys across the Baltic, the Mediterranean and other seas. Knarrer routinely crossed the North Atlantic carrying livestock and stores to Norse settlements in Iceland and Greenland as well as trading goods to trading posts in the British Isles, Continental Europe and possibly the Middle East.
History of the Knarr
The only knarr found to be well preserved was in a shallow channel in Roskilde Fjord in Denmark of 1962 along with two warships, a Baltic trader, and a ferryboat. Archaeologists believe that the ships were placed there to block the channel against enemy raiders. Today, all fisexve ships, known as the Skuldelev ships, are being restored at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde.
The knarr might have been in use in colonizing Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland. It was possibly the same kind of sailing vessel that the first European colonists used to sail to North America.
Notes
- ^ The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings By Peter Hayes SawyerISBN 0198205260 ISBN 9780198205265