Researchers at Vrak – Museum of Wrecks, in Stockholm, hope to get funds to excavate a 15th-century shipwreck from the waters ...

The science can also reveal the origin of old pieces of wood. In one case, archeologists determined not only the age of a Viking ship found in Denmark, they also learned that it was built in Ireland.

A drainage ditch near the grave also contributed to the rapid decay of the wooden vessel, and if the excavation yielded enough of the Viking ship, it would be put on display.

By contrast, traditional Nordic ships, such as Viking longships, were built in the "clinker" style ... The new analysis also showed that the trees used for the wood in Vrak 5 had been felled in Sweden ...

The planks of wood from these ships were preserved and eventually reconstructed in the Roskilde Viking Ship Museum. To learn more about Viking ship building the museum has since built a replica of ...

Sleek wooden vessels like the Gokstad ship were key to the success of Viking traders and raiders. Unearthed in 1880 from a burial, the ninth-century ship was powered by sail and 32 oarsmen.

Viking has taken delivery of its newest river ship, the Viking Nerthus, at Meyer’s Neptun Werft shipyard in ...

Viking Cruises' unique ship designs, being small and almost identical, set the company apart and serve as an important value ...

Countless sailing experiments with replica ships continue to confirm the excellence of Viking ship design ... Some have viewed a fragment of a small wooden disk found in a Greenland monastery ...

Wood rots and metal rusts away after a thousand years or more in the ground, but some remains show what Viking ships were like. For centuries, the secret of Viking success was their ships.