Viking Ship Museum
Roskilde, Denmark - Spring, 2008
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The replicas:
Roar Ege (Skuldelev 3), Helge Ask (Skuldelev 5), Ottar (Skuldelev 1)

(photo (C) The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, 2003)

   


Skuldelev 2, in the foreground, was an ocean-going.
warship, probably the type called a 'skeid',
built near Dublin around 1042.
Beyond is Skuldelev 6, probably a 'ferja',
built around 1030 for fishing and trading


A 1/10 scale model of Skuldelev 2. The reproduction,
Havhingsten fra Glendalough, was in Dublin at the time

   


Skuldelev 1 at far left, Skuldelev 6 and Skuldelev 2 in the foreground
Skuldelev 5 (the small longship) at top right, Skuldelev 3 at top left


Skuldelev 3, built in western Norway about 1030.
Probably a coastal trader known as a 'byrding'

   


Skuldelev 3 in the foreground and Skuldelev 1 beyond


Yeah, it's Jack, blocking part of Skuldelev 3


Skuldelev 1, believed to be an ocean-going trader, called a 'knarr'.
Built around 1030 at Sogne Fjord in Norway
with a cargo capacity of 20-24 tons.


Ottar is a reproduction of Skuldelev 1

   


Skuldelev 5, believed to be a small longship called a 'snekke'.
It was built in Denmark around 1030.


The Helge Ask, a reproduction of Skuldelev 5, is at left

   


A diorama of a Norse village


Another diorama view
Skuldelev 6, the fishing boat, is at upper right

   


Outside the museum, with Roskilde beyond


Helge Ask

   


Another view of Helge Ask


Norse weaponry - by law

   


The Anne Stine, a four-oared faering...


View of the bow.

   


View toward the stern.


Seats, cross beams, floor timbers and oars

   


The stern and keel

For information contact Jack Garrett at garrett@pacbell.net