• It is one of the longest Viking ships ever found, but was the least preserved of the Skuldelev ships, with only 25% of the original left.[3].
  • The five Viking ships - The Skuldelev Ships. During the late Viking Age, a system of barriers are established on Roskilde Fjord, making it possible to control...
  • Between AD 1070-1090, five Viking ships were sunk in Skuldelev, Denmark, to a dam along a narrow channel. Skuldelev ships got their name from this city.
  • Skuldelev 6 – The fishing vessel. (click on the ship’s name for further information). Next Page: Skuldelev 1. Location of Skuldelev (cick on the image to enlarge).
  • The Skuldelev ships speak to sophisticated shipbuilding as well as extensive specialization.
  • It took the archaeologists nearly a decade to finish their work of excavating 5 ships. The cofferdam where the archaeologists excavated the Skuldelev ships.
  • Skuldelev 3: a cargo ship for shorter journeys, possibly a byrding; length 14, width 3.3 metres. Skuldelev 4: part of Skuldelev 2 (numbering was retained after...
  • Skuldelev 2 (5.2 and 6.4) The ship is an approx. 30 m-long longship, built in the region of Dublin in Ireland but within the Nordic shipbuilding tradition.
  • Reconstructing Skuldelev Ships: Maritime Experimental Archaeology (Martin Dael & Triona Sørensen).
  • Skuldelev 2 had deteriorated enough that parts of it looked like a different ship which was called #4. ... Skuldelev 1 is a knarr, or cargo ship.