What Made the Viking Longship So Terrifyingly Effective
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- The Vikings had dreams of exploration and conquest, and the longship was ideal for that purpose. Soon, they were able to venture as far as the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
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My viking longship only cost some bronze nails and fine wood
Was wondering if I would see a Valheim comment lol
That must be a karve lol
A brother
Um actually, you need 100 iron nails. 40 ancient AND fine wood and LEATHER for the longship.
(edit: added um actually)
longships take more than that
The flat shape is perfect for beach invasions.
It's basically a transport ship for invading coastal areas without any port.
Also most major European cities, since they tend to be around large rivers.
Lindesfarn would like to have a word with you
It was a blazing fast ocean going ship and also a landing craft.
I don't understand why people repeat what we just heard in the video.
The ships became very ultimate tools for trade and war. Being able to unload a large group of heavily armed men on a flat beach. We know about Leding Fleets from Denmark being 3000 ships during attacks on England (Palle Lauring). The similar Leding Fleet from Norway was around 300 ships and was never called in full strength for any war!!
What made the "boat" so terrifyingly effective, was the Vikings inside it!
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Many people don't realize how early these ships where developed. They where one of the best of theyr times. And i personally don't know what differentiates a boat from a ship. But i'd call it a ship :D
These guys could've rode on a rubber duck and made it a terrifying sight to behold.
Now I must see a rubber duck donning horned helms
Quack quack mamma jävla
Vikings one of a fews with less homosapiens DNA and more neanderthal DNA
I'm not sure about that.
It is time to poke a few holes in the myth about the vikings being super-humans.
What made the vikings extra scary was the fact that they were pagan. A very terrifying concept to christians in the dark and early middle ages.
The ships gave them a strategic advantage over their victims whose defences was organized around a different kind of warfare. The feudal system relies on a system of lords and vasalls. This system is quite effective at massing a large and somewhat organized army. The problem is though, that it takes some time to gather the men. Under normal circumstances this was appropriate for the type of conflicts that existed in that society. The feudal system provides security from raids, where people give up their independence in exchange for protection from their lord.
They were not prepared though, for a bunch of raiders that seemed to be able to teleport in and out of their territory.
There was some cultural difference that maybe comes into play, but more likely is that the men who got to go on viking raids were chosen just because they were young, healthy, and strong. They were among the social elite of their society, and if they would have faced up against a force consisting of their counterpart, -European knights instead of unarmed monks and local militia, the fights would have been more even.
Scandinavians may be a bit taller than many other nationalities, but in this age stature would be way more determined by health and nutrition during childhood than by genetics. Again, the viking raiders were from the elite class of their society, most of their victims were not.
The Crusades should be testament enough to the fact that the British and French could be quite capable of both combat and savagery if they were the invading army wrecking havoc in foreign lands. And don't tell me that the 10'th century Brits were that different genetically from their great grandfathers.
Also, the vikings did not disappear. Their society changed as they became christians and adopted a more continental culture. The people were the same. Raids became less fruitful as their former victims built castles and standing armies defending the coasts. Trade became more lucrative and way less dangerous than raiding. The scandinavian countries were not medieval power-houses, and waged internal wars over the control of trade routes.
The Scandinavians were among the last of the europeans to abandon the barbaric lifestyle. But as is the case with most barbarians in history, they were more than eager to do so.
J H another thing that made them so powerful was that every Viking chieftain fought differently while people like the British had many generals who fought the exact same way
I've always wanted to visit Norway, but I can't fijord it.
So bad its good!
Get out 😂
I always found Fjord's to be quite affordable. I'm driving a Fjord Ranger now.
Fun fact: this ship was the original Fjord Escape.
Spelling out ones dream correctly helps you get there when you can afford it🤣good luck
When I was 7/8 years old I used to be obsessed with Vikings and longships. I’m 33 now and I forgot all about that until I saw the thumbnail. Got me reminiscing of good times 🙂
Well I’m 67 and I when I was much younger I too was fascinated by the History of the Scandinavian people that our olds history books termed Vikings. Not all the Norse People were “Vikings” but all “Vikings” were Norse. As a descendant of an old Alsatian Family from West of the Rhine and I was quite surprised to discover that my DNA shows 49% Scandinavian and only 47% West European (along with small percentages of Mediterranean/Middle Eastern) and maybe that’s is why my interest in Norse History was present growing up.
@@Aswaguespack Meanwhile I'm just 22 yrs old, I suppose 99% chinese and 1% mongolian or something, born and raised in South America and find "vikings" fascinating aswell. Fearless warriors that will glady die in the battlefield to enter Valhalla, metal af.
LA Raine 14 and starting to obsess over the “Vikings”
Emma R Louisiana
@@Aswaguespack my family has been swedes since the 1600s at least, I haven't done a DNA test though.
I find it ironic that those three nations are very chill today
Women's rights early on, a lot of what they did was out of necessity due to the climate.
Doesn't excuse everything.
Danmark has the oldest continuous navy & the biggest commercial fleet (Maersk).
Check out the story behind the Maersk Star on all of their ships & the "Viking Apocalypse" on PBS.
Michael Arne Herbst (pronounced Mee kal Ah ne)✌
@@azmike1956 i thought i read greece had the largest merchant fleet or is it maersk is the largest single entity?
@@halehortler5349 that may be it. Maersk has over 700 vessels registered the last I checked.
Some of them among the largest container ships, the Triple E's.
@Samuel Prince soon to be taken over by diversity. not much of retirement.
They don't have the population size to be anything but chill.
When I visited the Viking Ships Museum in Oslo I was astonished to see that some of these ships were made of rift sawn (quarter sawn) wood. You could actually see the ray and fleck patterns in the preserved wood. It's impressive that 1,000 years ago the Vikings were so technically advanced that they figured out how to get stronger, more durable wood this way, something we still do today.
@cobainzlady Over 2/3 of Sweden is currently forest.
What does quarter-sawn/rift-sawn mean? Do you mean that they cut across the grain of the wood?
The planks have the grain alignment like quarter-sawn, but the planks were not actually sawn but split.
The vikings did not have acsess to steel that could produce that kind of saw.
The logs are prepared by cutting a groove lengthwise with an axe. Wooden wedges are hammered into the groove, and the log starts to split. Depending on the size of the log and the size of the desired plank, you continue to split the log so that when seen from the endgrain, the pieces are shaped like slices of a pizza. This is insanely back-breaking work btw. ( and they need to be further worked with hewing axe, drawknife, and plane before they are done)
The benefit is that the split runs along the grain, so the fibers in the wood are not cut, like they would if the log was milled.
A plank split this way is insanely flexible and strong and can be made very thin. It's really quite hard to describe how different the wood feels when you handle it. It is springy and flexible and will bend without cracking.
Trees tend to twist as they grow, and the skilled builder will choose trees with the right twist, so the split-out planks will be almost pre-shaped to fit the shape of the ship.
Most trees twist counter-clockwise, one in twenty trees twist clockwise, and yes: you need an equal amount of each type of planks...
Check out the viking ship museum in Roskilde, where they build ships and boats with this method.
@@johnroberts8233 it is a very time-consuming method of milling a log, so that the rings in the wood (the grain) end up perpendicular (or close to) to the flat side of the plank. This produces a very stable lumber that maintains it's shape as it dries. This is used in for example in windowframes, doors or drawers where a slight deformation due to changes in humidity would cause the door (or whatever) to jam. It has many applications in joinery. Modern industrial mills do not bother with this, but they will usually end up with two planks out of every log that has standing grain by default.
This, however is not how the vikings made their planks, although the alignment of the grain is the same, the method of getting there is something else.
See my other post.
@@JH-lo9ut
Thank you, that was very informative. 👍
Me: Starts playing Valheim
CZcams:
Where my valheim bois at
Running back to my body
Sailing back to my body and longship on a half destroyed raft
I have arrived!
At a plain setting up a farm hah
Aye Viking Brother
What is it with people missing the most important thing about the longships? Their shaped so that they can sail backwards if needed.
By the time a viking raid on a settlement was done or a retreat was needed, they'd push the ships out back to sea and drop the sail.
Angle it right, plus use the oars to row, it doesn't matter if the ship is backwards - it moves just fine in reverse, providing a fast return to sea.
Honestly the fact that there's a near perfectly preserved authentic viking longship out there is amazing. Who knows how many raids and voyages that ship has been on long ago.
Or a funeral ship, still rad.
@@melelconquistador didn’t they burn the funeral ships in the end?
@@geronimomajinbro I think so, maybe they burried this one instead.
@@geronimomajinbro In some areas cremations were usual but not in (modern day) Norway. These preserved funeral ships started out as sea going vessels. When their chieftain (or other nobility, male or female) died they were buried in them. Most graves found so far only has an imprint, with the rivets, left in the ground. No ship was designed to be a "funeral ship".
@@melelconquistador Not built as funeral ships. These ships had decades of sailing behind them.
The thing about the Oseberg ship is, that it was not really an ocean going ship. It was more of fjord and funeral barge. In fact, when they built a replica of the ship, they found that the gunwales were too low in the water. Now the Gokstad ship was what the Typical Viking Ship was like. It higher gunwales and replicas of it show that it was a fine sailer.
One good wave and it's swamped or at least all your supplies were sodden. Kind of sloppy reporting from Smithy.
Is that the one Floki made?
It was actually a distant relative of mine (granddad’s cousin) who found the Gokstad ship back in the day. Good times.
After reading a little about it on wikpedia I found that they built a new replica in 2010 and that it sailed perfectly well, so proving it wasn't just a funeral ship.
@@NottMacRuairi Yeah, I read the same thing. It has been a while since I have studied Viking ships. One question though, and I do not know if it was answered, was that the gunwale strake that made her seaworthy was missing when the ship was excavated. Of course that could have happened by accident during the excavation. In either case, IMOH, I still believe the ship was restricted to fjords and calm inland waters.
They're amazing! Some of my favorite historical fun are the Vikings.
There is a really good show about vikings that you can watch if you like them
Vikings were pretty much the Mongols of northwest europe
@@user-un9ll4wt7r more like the huns of the southeast og Europe,the vikings are the huns but in northwest europe,I think they're more similar to huns (like attila and stuff) than to mongols
Yep they're amazing until you get invaded.
@@cloudy2803 and the name of the show would be...? :D
What made the Viking's long ships so terrifying? They were carrying Vikings. What else?
Especially one of them named Thors...
Tomato lol, i guess. Its based on a true story tho. Ofc he was a little too strong in the anime😂
@@ThinkingRepublic I believe Thorkell was too OP.
Vikings themselves aren't very terrifying though... everyone I've ever met from Minnesota has been extremely friendly.
@@tn15_ Minnesota? viking?
I feel like Valheim and the youtube algorithm are working together
Vikings were basically legal pirates in Scandinavia.
Basically Scandinavia is a land of pirates and they grow big enough to make their own countries.
Edit: and some of those countries even capable to invade the Britain
@@DBT1007 We Will fight back .
Nowadays we call legal pirates politicians.
No international laws to answer to back then, pirates and them were no more “legal” or illegal than each other. You just go and conquer, and then other people try and conquer you
@@phillipleblanc7823 trump is actually nordic royalty. So yea lol
I never look for these random CZcams recommendations but they never fail to impress me
I love that viking ship in Oslo....saw that back in 2015 or so when I visited the city for a short vacation....was pretty impressive looking...those folks were a force to be reckoned with
So basically a 4-minute video of a 30-sec answer "the shallow draft"
Museum ad
STOP
longest 4 minute vid ever
i love it
not sarcasm
and yet they don't mention all the negative aspects that comes with a shallow draft. Going with such a ship in the ocean or larger sea is much more difficult than with a boat which is extended 2-4 meters bellow water. You're basically sitting in a bathtub when using the longship and the waves impacting the boat has a much stronger affect than with a boat that goes several meters bellow water. Its because of this reason so many ships were lost going from Norway to England as a result of minor storms, meanwhile people in mediterania had boats that were much better suited to travel vast distances.
Welcome to CZcams.
CZcams is recommending this. Assassin's Creed Valhalla must be not far away
17th November to be exact
Plot twist: Valheim came out
They did not answer the real question why " the Viking Longship So Terrifyingly Effective " !
The main reason why they where so effective is because they were fast, and they were fast because
when the ship gained the right speed, air bubbles started to travel under the ship along with the grooves
between the wooden boards, more speed, more bubbles, which minimised the friction with the sea,
and of course the shape of the hull.
This is the main reason what gave Viking longship advantage over other ships of that era.
Would that be "cavitation"?
Arni S., thank you for giving us the real story. Typical "history channel" video waffles on at great lengths without getting to the real topic.
@@nix4644 no , that is something else .
It also seems like the width would give it stability being the draft was so shallow. It's almost like having outboard runners (stabilizers) but without the bulk of those sticking out so far inhibiting where they could go inland and if damaged causing instability. It's clear it's a sleek and squatted version of a boat. Very interesting.
@@hectorheck1353 talk about friction OKAY DUD
The spiral at the front is badass
I wasn't ready for this amount of fellow Valheim players in this comment section.
There are over 5 million of us.
@@Member3285 6 million now my battle brother.
1:42 Imagine chilling at the beach and then seeing a fleet of this monstrosity coming towards you and the air is filled with Viking chants and screams
dont forget the pacing drums
What if those apples weren’t red to begin with?
I can imagine the fruit all shriveled up but the color of the skin still somewhat recognizable
The Vikings would preserve their apples in human blood.
I didnt believe it
Yeah, I mean, who's to say Vikings didn't like Granny Smith's?
@@Komyets probably looked like raisins but bigger and somewhat red
Flooki did a really good work out there
Floki was a real person. While he didn't discover iceland, he was one of the first to build a home on it. They called him raven-floki because he used odins birds to find land
Ive been to Oslo and seen that boat . It made the hairs on the back of my head stand up . My inner Anglo-Saxon , could still feel its inner menace.
The thumbnail is of a place I visited when I was a child on a very memorable family holiday. Great video!
Where?
Don't know
I’ve been to this museum in Norway! It was great! Highly recommended
This is so interesting
Tell me more
See my comment was valid so check it worth a laugh
wow ......your pretty Allie ;-)
You are interesting...
@@1_fishin_magician153 dude...
This museum is incredible and the location is beautiful as well. Well worth the visit!
Anyone watching this after playing Valhem?
Yeh
Just imagine how many different individual ports were there in that long coast line. Each consisting a 1000s of Norsmen. And all of them individually raiding europe and england especially all on different time but in same year every time
Me and 2 friends visited this museum since we had a day in Oslo and it was awesome, so cool to see all the ships and tools they used in real life and the amount of detail was insane!
I had the pleasure of getting to visit the Viking Ship Museum. Absolutely breathtaking.
1:31 Fresh Food in Skyrim dungeons confirmed.
In 1987, I went to that museum with my Grandfather and saw that long ship. It was pretty awesome in person. They also had Leonardo's sketch book with some of his famous sketches.
If they used these to invade England you can imagine how tough and ferocious these men are, they slept in the open air out at sea
Floki you did a good job with this one
CZcams knows what I want, Valheim brought me here.
Love from 🇸🇪 to my nordic brother and sisters in 🇩🇰🇳🇴
I fully recommend going to the Viking Ship Museum! Brilliant museum
" Pack your bags" " Head for the hills"
welcome back to another episode of "How the F did this end up on my recommended"
I think it's also called Longboat. Players of the video game Age of Empires 2 would know what I mean.
indeed. and quite annoying because they are so quick
Fires a rain of arrows, love playing the Vikings in aoe2
just commenting to feed the youtube algorithm
watching this to learn more ab the vikings before valhalla comes out
Most of the comments here are just people here to type something and add a "J" to that Wjord
Wjhat?
Ja...
wtjf!!
they were strong and amazing in combat, they often attacked their enemies while they slept so they were smart, they were amazing navigators and sailors and their ships were of the highest design in the time, allowing its to be sailed in 2 directions. They also had sun stones which allowed them to find the sun whilst sailing in cloudy days. Excellent weapons and forging abilities such as Ulfberht swords.
Enjoyed this peak into history.
Thank you Floki.
What made Viking Longships terrifying was there were Vikings in them.
A lot of people assume that Vikings were just brainless barbarians, pillaging and stealing.
When you think about it, they were one of the smartest civilizations.
For example, their ships were sturdy out on the ocean, but with the flatter bottom, they could also sneak up on unsuspecting prey through tight rivers.
They were also discovered to have invented the first handheld astronomy device.
"they found apples that were still red!"
Me: "Cap"
What an abbasolutely great doco
That apple they found in red colors is enough to prove the quality of research
She's on, the verge of laughter she so, proud of her Viking heritage
Seeing these in person was almost spiritual. I don't remember whether either were used in anger, but the stories they must have to tell, and the sheer beauty of the engineering. The old Norse people did so much with so little.
300+ hours into Valheim and I get this in my recommendations. Got to love CZcams.
If a fleet of fifteen Viking longboats appeared at my doorstep, I would also probably pack my bags and head for the hills.
Or say, Welcome, cousins!
Invite them on a drink
Thats the spirit! Oh I ment bring out the spirits and let us help you bring down one of your enemies just to hang him to the crows ;D
Sköl!
POV: you’ve been watching videos about Valheim and this video was suggested
Fascinating stuff!
perfect and knowledgeable .
The "Ose"-part of "Oseberg" is supposed to be pronounced more slowly
Ooose. Like that?
@OP 1000 - Correct .
@ The best pronunciation that I can think of, using English words, would be "Ooze-eh-berg"".
And if you change that Z with the hard S-sound from "sing", I think you'll be right on the money.
1:04 That would be "The Oseberg ship" "Osebergskipet" ;)
They herald in materialism. As well as Danish Laws, still used today and assisting in the development of the English language. Impressive old ship. Thanks
Been there and saw this awesome Museum in Oslo..
Kool stuff...
good the vikings...
My Viking world ended when I was informed that Vikings did not have Horns on there Helmets 🙁. Dam you Hollywood !
Oh.
But they drank Mjöd from the horns :D. Thats something at least ;D
Krösus yes it is 😅
This year I’m asking for plunder for my birthday.
Imagine just chilling in a fijord and a Viking longship just comes around the corner all silent like
what makes boat terrifyingly effective is "Floki"
Looks almost identical to the Egyptian sailboats.
35oz 19g oh ohhh
Indeed. The Vikings probably stole one and then copied the design.
history is lost. you think you know but you dnt
*SCARED ENGLISH NOISES INTENSIFY*
Sincity Chris lool
Angles, Saxons and Jutes, all Germanic people. The English didn't exist yet.
When James Cook discovered Polynesia people, he was amazed by their ships performance and their competence to sail the Pacific ocean with no compass nor sextant.
Their sailing pirogues were multihull saiboats, like today catamaran and trimaran.
Those are the fastest saiboats.
Speed and Strength were the primary reasons the Boats were more effective. Very little draft gave the Longboats the necessary speed to attack quickly, while the overall length of the craft provided the Vikings with an overwhelming number of soldiers at the point of attack. Bigger, Faster, Stronger.
I am curious to know why everyone was so anxious to leave home. Couldn't have been that bad!
One bad harvest, or poor fishing season. It wouldn’t take much. Even into the 19th century Norway had occasional famine.
Vikings robbed each other until they realised that there are richer countries in the south
Can you imagine getting caught in a storm in such a ship?
Who cares what you think when you mention your diet .... sicko .
Have faith. Odin protects the valiant.
Interesting that we still have wooden Viking ships, but have only found one complete metal Viking helmet.
Very few Vikings wore helmets. Helmets are for babies. Real man wear bear pelt.
Strange indeed. You would think that in a warrior culture they would also burry weapons and helmets on those ships
Wow! Very impressive.
American accent saying "coooombat features" was hilarious.
Too bad they didn't give credit where credit was due, Floki the shipbuilder.
He is just a fiction bruh
Ah yes. Floki the builder and his floosi Miss Flicky
I hate Floki for killing Athelstan! I hope Flatnose speared him into Hel!
@@Vladklx
Floki was a real person. He wasn't a ship builder but one of the first vikings who built a home on iceland. They called him raven-floki because he used ravens to find land
L J he was a real person, and he came from Rogaland,Norway. All thoug, most of the stuff he does in the series are fiction.
Sooo nice information 😊😊😊
So well preserved for a ship over 1000 years old
There is much more to the design which is not discussed. Too bad.
Quick Trivia Bits
Well, I was allot in four minutes. Just saying
Vikings one of a fews with less homosapiens DNA and more neanderthal DNA
What Made the Viking Longship So Terrifyingly Effective?
They have roaring terrifying men onboard shouting, "I WILL DRINK FROM YOUR SKULL!".
Not a good idea to fight them.
That's a nice head you have on your shoulders.
It's almost harvesting season
FOR VALLHALLAH
@British Empire Oh no!
I love that museum. Go to it every time I visit Oslo.
Also one of the only places around for an American to find overpriced, truly spicy hot sauce in the tourist trap gift shop!
Awesome video and the Vikings were my ancestors 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Anyone here from Valheim?
yep
Sorry for writing in italian : quando da piccolo andai in Danimarca , in un museo nelle vicinanze di Copenhagen , vidi una nave uguale , bellissima
Dont worry Roman Latin, the Viking is still your bestie companion 😊✌
great vid
It’s beautiful.
what makes the viking long-ship so terrifyingly effective?
According to the Smithsonian: They were painted and therefore scary.
I know. Absolute useless information. LOL
they went to vinland but leave Thorfinn behind :"3
Finally someone references it
Aye Aye "When Ships were made of Wood, and Men were made of Iron."
Very amazing
The ships were terrifying because Floki made them for Ragnar!!
Me an intellectual: The vikings onboard the ship.
I visited this museum once I was in Oslo 4 years ago.
finding red apples in a viking ship, looking in my fridge and finding rotten apples that I bought 3 days ago...