viking raids
in the viking times ...
I do not know what ship Leif Erikson sailed on but I can tell you it was not the Santa Maria
it was it was
Longboat
use for trading
His ship was called Centre Thorvald Viking Ship.
Jahre Viking, crude oil tanker
The Baie-Commeau Drakkar use a a Viking Longship on their logo.
It was a Viking merchant ship known as a knarr.
The Saxon ships did have a keel but no sails. The oldest Viking ship dates from 800 AD and the oldest Saxon ship dates from 350 AD.
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