My model is a Drakkar/Dragon Viking Ship. It was created in the Medieval times in 8th and 11th centuries A.D. There are three prime types of Viking Ship, the longship, knarr, and karv. The one I am building is a longship which is a war ship. I choose the Drakkar Viking Ship because it looks cool and simple. The scale of the viking ship is one inch is equal to six feet. Materials I used to make the model is cardboard, string, paper, masking tape, a hot glue gun, and colored markers. To make the gunwale of the viking ship, I used cardboard that is twelve inches in length and width is about two inches. To make the sides of the viking ship, I cut out two triangles for the sides which is two and one fourth inches for the base and four and a half …show more content…
The shields on the gunwale is one inch in diameter (not up to scale). The sail was seven inches long and it six inches wide. An important feature of the Drakkar Viking Ship is the long, lean, and narrow hull. It keeps the ship afloat and it keeps it from sinking. It is made narrow because it lets the ship travel quickly and lets it pass through the narrow waterways or passages. Since it moves quickly and the width of the ship is small it is able to sail up to small canal and waterways so that they can attack and escape other ships. Another part is the rudder was used to change the ship’s direction, it is a large oar tied to the right side of the boat near the back. They use the oars to row and to keep the ship going when there was little wind to no wind. The prow, or bow, is attached with the …show more content…
King Óláfr Tryggvasson a King created the ferocious and barbaric viking ship. The Viking ships allowed the Vikings to trade, raid neighboring homes, and explore. In 793 A.D Viking Raiders of the Middle Ages first raid in England they raided the monastery of St.Cuthbert. Around 870 A.D, the Great Heathen Army gained control of north-east England. Vikings failed to take control of Wessex which is controlled by Alfred the Great. In 878 they attacked Alfred's kingdom the third time but was defeated. So in 886 the Anglo-Saxons and Viking leader formed a peace treaty known as the Danelaw. In 1066 the Viking age ended, Godwinson’s men defeated the Vikings at the Stamford Bridge,the Vikings were hit by a wave of Anglo-Saxon troops. The Scandinavian were unready, the Viking left warriors and armour back at Riccall. They went to England with 300 longboats but came back with 24 boat bring back the
The Great Heathen Army was the name of a coalition of Norse armies from the Scandinavian region; Denmark, Norway, and possibly also Sweden in approximately 865CE, and ending in approximately 875CE with the defeat of the Viking army by King Alfred ‘The Great’ of Wessex. There were multiple possible motivations for this invasion, including (but not limited to): revenge for the death of legendary Ragnarr Lodbok, the expansion of Norse control into the British Isles, and the need for fresher lands for agriculture. There are two main sources that tell us about the Great Heathen Invasion; The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle by various authors and Life of King Alfred by Asser, which will be evaluated to determine their reliability as primary sources for the
The Early Modern Era saw great change in the field of naval technology. Exploration and the desire to expand trade fueled the development of new, more effective naval vessels. These vessels, in turn, contributed to the growth of worldwide trade and interconnection that marked the period.
Finally you will analyze the graphs you made by telling about the relationship between buoyancy and volume of the different boat hulls.
All in all, this 38-gun ship used to weigh one thousand two hundred and sixty five tons. In 1853, this early US battleship was now being changed into a different ship that became another Constellation vessel from 1854. In the twenty-first century, this schooner is now a tourist attraction reminding of what it did when the United States was starting to expand its territories through wars and mercantilism.
The other skill that Vikings excelled at was the skill of navigation. Their longships were the cutting–edge technology at the time, and their ingenious sun-compass, which worked somewhat like a sundial, allowed them to sail to their destination with precision. The longships were usually made with oak boards stripped from trees with thin ropes soaked in pitch trapped between joints to act as a flexible, waterproof membrane. These ships, combined with their streamlines design, are very fast and seaworthy and would flex out of places when a sturdier ship would shatter. The sun compass is also very useful because it is the only directional tool at the time. It uses a shadow cast by a small pin in the middle of a round plate with bearings to give the direction. This tool allowed them to sail on open seas without landmarks for directions, a great advantage. This tool allowed them to sail on open seas without landmarks for directions, a great advantage.
...hich wooden ships were beginning to be unable to handle. 18 and 24-pounder guns were replaced with 32-pounder guns, and because of the power of the stem-propelled ironclads, 68-pounders were made use of.
TheVikings have been sailing for thousands of years (Steel 1). The Vikings traveled for 2 years this was called a Vikings trial (Steel 1). They would go out in search for land and new wonders in life. They would build their own boats out of wood and hides of animals. They were known as the best sailors of their time.
The Vikings in their time were the best shipbuilders and sailors in the world. Their ships were very strong as they were made out of a very long-lasting type of wood, which was oak wood. They thought of many creative ways to make their ships more durable, such as dipping sheep?s wool in tar and then filling in the ships gaps to make it waterproof. The Vikings had long voyages, passing many parts of Europe and simultaneously speeding at least glimpses of their amazing technology skills to the people who saw there ships. For example many people from Ireland and Brittan must have seen their ships as they travelled from their homeland Scandinavia to France in the year 798. But their amazing technology skills would have not been spread throughout the world with out the help of navigation.
Throughout history paddling has been characterized by the various situational opportunities presented in that day, in time. Recreation, Transportation, Traveling, Competition, Exercise, and Fishing are just some of the ways paddling has been seen throughout history. Along with the activities that go on with paddling, different types of canoes and kayaks had to be made to keep up-to-date with these activities evolvement. Beginning more traditional with a dugout canoe and ending more advanced with the numerous racing canoes, our world has in fact grown to new developments. Kayaks on the other hand are similar in the way that they have progressed through history, however, the boats are all based on the idea of measurements,
Alfred's battle with the Danes started in 868 when he was in active military with his brother Aethelred. When they went to battle the Danes refused and a peace treaty was then brought fourth, they had peace until the Danes attacked and broke the peace in 871. In the later parts of 871 the Danes attacked Wessex where Aethelred and Alfred fought them many times until Aelthelred sadly died and his brother Alfred replaced him as king. He decided to make peace with the Danes when the battle wasn’t going very well, this brought peace for five years. Danes attacked in 876 and quit a little later when they had accomplished very little. The Danes got a little smarter and decided to try a sneak attack in 878. It worked well and they were able to settle
Typically, the image of a Viking is a barbaric, bearded man plundering and destroying a neighboring village. This is actually the stereotypical viewpoint. In actuality, Vikings, have a very different image. For example, Vikings did not wear furry boots or furry armor, they did not have horned helmets, they invaded Britain, and they also were the first to discover America! They were also experts in nautical technology, crafts, trading, warfare and many other skills (Jonsson 1). With all of these traits, the Vikings seem like an unstoppable force in the European continent. But, who were the Vikings? The Vikings were actually venturesome seafarers. This means that they were travelers who were constantly exploring and looking for new areas of land. There roots can be traced all the way back to 6000 B.C. were nomadic men traveled in primitive crafts up the Denmark coast. Fast forward two millennia and these nomadic people have established permanent homes, but still using the boat for food and travel. As stated before, they were not just raiders, although they did do this frequently, but they were actually expert traders, trading all around the world. It wasn’t until around 793 A.D. that a Viking explosion took place in northern Europe (Jonsson 2). Raids began to take place on neighboring villages and their places of worship. To some this is the only type of knowledge they have about Vikings. However, their culture was something to be admired. Trading, religion, and everyday life are all important parts of a Viking culture.
As it filled with water, the bow submerged, raising the stern out of water. When the stern reached an angle of about 45 degrees, the stresses in the ship's midsection (15 tons per square inch) caused the steel to fail and the bow to rip loose and sink [Gannon, 1995].
King Alfred was now in charge of stopping the Danes from occupying Wessex. Alfred was already an experienced military leader, as he had participated in several campaigns against the invading Danes (Bruce 3). The West Saxons had now made an alliance with Mercia. Yet in 868, the Danes met both Mercians and West Saxons; the two nations had formed an alliance, which had been strengthened that year by the marriage of Alfred and Ealhswith, daughter of a Mercian ealdorman (Bruce 4). Alfred and his elder brother King Æthelred personally led the Wessex contingent, yet not even the combined forces of the Mercians and the West Saxons could handle the strength of the Danes.
The word kayak is said to mean “hunter’s boat”, since it was first created by the Inuit and Aleut tribes of the North American Arctic regions. They built two types of kayaks for their hunting needs, and environmental resources. One type of kayak was built using the wood that was laying around shores once tides brought in scraps of buoyant wood. The other type of kayak would be built by the use of whale bones and animal skins to make a hard frame and soft, water-tight shell around the outside.
The most accepted official start of the Viking Age is recorded to have begun on June 8th, 793 AD when Norse raiders landed on the island of Lindisfarne and attacked the Christian Monastery located there, killing the monks and seizing the valuables. Viking raids by op...