Researchers at Vrak – Museum of Wrecks, in Stockholm, hope to get funds to excavate a 15th-century shipwreck from the waters ...

By contrast, traditional Nordic ships, such as Viking longships, were built in the "clinker" style ... The Vrak archaeologists have also made a digital model of the wreck using photogrammetry — a ...

Viking Cruises' unique ship designs, being small and almost identical, set the company apart and serve as an important value ...

Indeed, the Viking Age, from A.D. 800-1100, was the age of the sleek, speedy longship. Without this crucial advance in ship technology, the Vikings would never have become a dominant force in ...

Viking® ( has announced it has taken delivery of the Viking Nerthus, the company’s newest Viking Longship®. The delivery took ...

“This ship represents a fascinating transition from medieval to modern shipbuilding.” Viking Age ships (and all other ships from the Nordic countries before that) were built with ...

The ship's carvel-built design marks a turning point in shipbuilding history, using a construction method that differs from ...

The most striking discovery was the biggest longship yet found, 119 feet long, with room for at least 72 oars and a crew of 100. With its draft of only about three feet and a huge, 2,175-square ...

Viking has taken delivery of its newest river ship, the Viking Nerthus, at Meyer’s Neptun Werft shipyard in ...