What are two types of viking boats and there uses?

Answer 1

Longships and Merchant ships are the 2 major classes with other boats in those classes.

1) Longship: A racing warship
2) Merchant ship or Knorr: cargo boats built to carry men, animals & supplies

However, unfortunately the names of these vessels were not documented. I like to refer to them as the "titanic's of the rivers". This name represnts their flaws for being a very sinkable boat.

I found a drakkar which was used for war and called that because of a dragon at the head of the boat.

And the Knorr which was used mainly for carrying cargo.

This is not just a simple answer -- the type and size of boat fit the need and type of body of water to cross. Actually there were several subtypes of Viking longships and cargo vessels. They were all of the same basic design; the karves or knarrs or knorrs were long and heavy and could be used on raids also -- depending on the number of men in the invasion party or the size of the waterway to be crossed. To cross the north Atlantic to Greenland, larger boats were used or to invade across the rough North Sea to what is today England, larger boats were used. To go down rivers or shallow inlets (as the Vikings raided down into what is today Russia [ Rus -- meaning red or fair haired -- Viking] and Ukraine on rivers), boats like the typical shallow-draft longships were used. All could be used if necessary to carry men, cargo, animals. Also the north Germanic and Frisian tribes had boats that were similar to those of the Vikings.