Vikings long ships

Long ships

Viking long ships were quick and narrow so they could go down rivers. The front of the boat was called the prow and the back was called the stern.

The sails

Did you know that the women , the daughters

and the servant girls sowed the sails.

The sails where usually colored blue ,green

or red .

The prow

The prow had a serpent like head at the front

and had a smaller head at the back .

The prow was the front of the longboat.

The boat

The boat was carved by the

vikings them self.

They where the first boat to

have a keel.