knarr
Norse trading vessel
A knarr is a type of Norse merchant ship used during the Viking Age, broader and deeper than the longship to maximize cargo capacity.
Knarrs carried goods, livestock, and settlers across the North Atlantic, enabling Norse colonization of Iceland, Greenland, and briefly North America.
The design prioritized sailing over rowing, unlike warships built for speed and raids.
Transported goods
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- goodsThings for sale
- freightGoods being transported
- waresItems offered for sale
commodities · trade routes · walrus ivory · furs · timber · wool · amber · slaves
Milled hardwood timber pieces
- keelHull's structural base
- mastVessel's sail support
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- sailclothHeavy fabric for sails
oars · gunwale · rudder · caulking · strakes · hull · beam · draft
Medieval Scandinavian seafarers
- ScandinaviaNordic countries collectively
- longshipSlender Norse rowing vessel
- sagasExtended heroic narratives
- NorsemenMedieval Scandinavian warriors
Leif Erikson · Vinland · seafarers · Greenland · Iceland · Erik the Red · Nordic · jarl
Wind-propelled water travel
- navigationDetermining position and course
- North AtlanticOcean basin, northwestern
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
- open seaWaters beyond coastlines
coastal · provisions · crew · passage · landfall · seaworthiness · cargo capacity · slow
cargo
Transported goods
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- goodsThings for sale
- freightGoods being transported
wares · commodities · trade routes · walrus ivory · furs · timber · wool · amber · slaves · soapstone
oak planks
Milled hardwood timber pieces
sailcloth · oars · gunwale · rudder · caulking · strakes · hull · beam · draft · shipwright
Vikings
Medieval Scandinavian seafarers
- ScandinaviaNordic countries collectively
- longshipSlender Norse rowing vessel
- sagasExtended heroic narratives
Leif Erikson · Norsemen · Vinland · seafarers · Greenland · Iceland · Erik the Red · Nordic · jarl
sailing
Wind-propelled water travel
- navigationDetermining position and course
- North AtlanticOcean basin, northwestern
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
open sea · coastal · provisions · crew · passage · landfall · seaworthiness · cargo capacity · slow · sturdy
- boatsboat, ship, canoe, kayak, yacht
- VikingsViking, longships, longship, raiding, Norse settlers
- Nordic HistoryViking Age, Viking raids, longships, runestones, Great Northern War
- historic shipstrireme, galley, longship, caravel, carrack
- Viking explorationLeif Erikson, Erik the Red, Vinland, longships, Iceland
- Viking seafaringlongship, Leif Erikson, Erik the Red, oar, sail
knarrlongship
Slender Norse rowing vessel
warship · raider · man-of-war · galley · battleship