Types Of Viking Ships

Types of Viking ships. Warships - Longships. Karvi Snekkja Skeid Busse Drakkar. Karvi. The Karvi class. Snekkja. The Snekkja class. Skeid. The Skeid class longship was a large Viking warship. Dragonships were large. Heavy Freight-Carrying Merchant Ships – (KnarrKnarr is the. Light Freight-Carrying Merchant Ships – (ByrdingThe Byrding Ships were light freight ships. Small boats. The vast majority.

The Byrding Ships were light freight ships.  These ships were more maneuverable than the Knarr ships.  They were light enough to be pulled into shore.  The Byrding Ships were also used to transport goods and merchants quickly.  These were more reliant on oars than their similar heavy freight ships.