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==Characteristics== The longships were characterized as graceful, long, narrow, and light, with a shallow-[[Draft (hull)|draft]] hull designed for speed. The ship's shallow draft allowed navigation in waters only one meter deep and permitted arbitrary beach landings, while its light weight enabled it to be carried over [[portage]]s or used bottom-up for shelter in camps. Longships were fitted with [[oar]]s along almost the entire length of the hull. Later versions had a rectangular sail on a single mast, which was used to replace or augment the effort of the rowers, particularly during long journeys.<ref name="Heath2005">{{cite book|author=Byron Heath|title=Discovering the Great South Land|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yOWLaNm6c7sC&pg=PA26|access-date=2 July 2013|year=2005|publisher=Rosenberg Publishing|isbn=978-1-877058-31-8|pages=26β|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417092040/https://books.google.com/books?id=yOWLaNm6c7sC&pg=PA26|url-status=live}}</ref> The average speed of Viking ships varied from ship to ship, but lay in the range of {{convert|5|-|10|knots|km/h|lk=in|abbr=out|0}} and the maximum speed of a longship under favorable conditions was around {{convert|15|kn|km/h|abbr=out}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/index.php?id=1404&L=1 |title=The Viking Ship Museum, The five Skuldelev ships |access-date=11 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718231844/http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/index.php?id=1404&L=1 |archive-date=18 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Viking Ship Museum (Oslo)|Viking Ship Museum]] in Oslo houses the remains of three such ships, the [[Oseberg Ship|Oseberg]], the [[Gokstad Ship|Gokstad]] and the [[Tune ship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/viking-ship-museum/index.html|title=The Viking Ship Museum β Museum of Cultural History|website=www.khm.uio.no|language=en|access-date=11 February 2020|archive-date=6 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406151115/https://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/viking-ship-museum/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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