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The Hedeby 1, also known as the Ship from Haithabu Harbour, was a Viking longship that was excavated from the harbor of Hedeby, a Viking trading center located near the southern end of the Jutland Peninsula, now in the Schleswig-Flensburg district of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The Hedeby 1 ship at the Hedeby Viking Museum in Busdorf, Germany
Longships can be classified into a number of different types, depending on size, construction details, and prestige. The most common way to classify longships is by the number of rowing positions on board. Types ranged from the Karvi, with 13 rowing benches, to the Busse, one of which has been found with an estimated 34 rowing positions.
The Viking longships were powerful naval weapons in their time and were highly valued possessions. ... The lower part of the stay was about 500–800 mm (1.6–2.6 ...
The company was established by Torstein Hagen in St. Petersburg, Russia as Viking River Cruises in 1997. Hagen had become involved in cruising as a McKinsey and Company consultant who helped the Holland America Line survive the 1973 oil crisis, then was CEO of the Royal Viking Line from 1980 to 1984, made money in the Russian private equity markets, then bought a controlling stake in a Dutch ...
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Helde points out that the framework was based on the misunderstood representation of Viking Age ships that we find among historians in the 12th–14th centuries. Draken was supposed to be 1. a Viking ship, 2. the longest in the world, and 3. have excellent seaworthiness. The combination of this does not work.
Havhingsten fra Glendalough ("The Sea Stallion from Glendalough" or just "Sea Stallion") is a reconstruction of Skuldelev 2, one of the Skuldelev ships and the second-largest Viking longship ever to be found.
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