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Viking ships large and small were all made in the same way. Planks of timber, usually oak were overlapped and nailed together. The ships were made watertight by filling the spaces between the planks with tarred wool or animal hair. The ships were all the same long narrow shape and floated near the surface of the water. This meant that they could be used in shallow water.

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they were able to sail because the long ship at the bottom was waterproof

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The Viking long boat had a shallow keel, so allowing the boat to be sailed or rowed up shallow rivers.

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