{"id":427,"date":"2022-12-09T16:14:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T16:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/?page_id=427"},"modified":"2023-12-18T09:39:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T09:39:53","slug":"viking-ship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/our-story\/viking-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"Viking Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Viking Ship\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/854626131?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Viking ship, named &#8216;Walrus&#8217;, is a waterline replica of a Viking trading vessel, based on the Skudelev 3 wreck, excavated from Roskilde fjord in Denmark in 1962. The 14m long boat was built in Denmark around 1040 AD and would have carried cargo around and across the North Sea and Baltic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/Skuldelev-3-Roskilde-1-1024x692.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/Skuldelev-3-Roskilde-1-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/Skuldelev-3-Roskilde-1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/Skuldelev-3-Roskilde-1-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/Skuldelev-3-Roskilde-1-1536x1038.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/Skuldelev-3-Roskilde-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The original vessel in the Viking Ship Museum Roskilde, Denmark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The original was built entirely of oak except for the mast which was pine. The 3.3m wide vessel was clinker built, made from overlapping radially split oak planks secured by over 1,200 iron rivets and roves. 5-8 people would have crewed it and the cargo would have been carried in barrels, boxes and sacks on the open decks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was mainly sail-powered and could reach a top speed of 10 knots or 11.5 mph. There are 5 holes for oars near the prow, probably just for manoeuvring in port. It is steered with a steering board at the left hand stern of the ship. So as not to damage the steering board, vessels would dock in port on the other side, hence the \u2018port\u2019 and \u2018starboard\u2019 sides of ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/Figure-7-Custom_0-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/Figure-7-Custom_0-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/Figure-7-Custom_0-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/Figure-7-Custom_0-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/Figure-7-Custom_0-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/Figure-7-Custom_0-2048x1360.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roar Ege at Sea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1984 the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde made a <a href=\"https:\/\/exarc.net\/issue-2020-2\/ea\/roar-ege-lifecycle-reconstructed-viking-ship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">replica of the ship<\/a>, named the Roar Ege and sailed it on numerous voyages for 32 years before it was finally retired. This replica was created in 2016 for a display in the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"925\" src=\"http:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/VOLUNTEER-CREW-1024x925.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/VOLUNTEER-CREW-1024x925.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/VOLUNTEER-CREW-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/VOLUNTEER-CREW-768x694.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/VOLUNTEER-CREW-1536x1388.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/VOLUNTEER-CREW-2048x1851.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Hands on Heritage volunteers taking delivery of the Walrus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/Viking-Ship-06-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/Viking-Ship-06-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/avalon-archaeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/12\/Viking-Ship-06-300x225.jpg 300w, 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