To: 68 grunt; beckysueb; Born Conservative; cinives; Constantine XIII; dennisw; Eurotwit; feefee; ...
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You know, I never paid attention. How big were those Viking ships, back about a thousand years or so?
Being where I am from, of course I measure things relative to football fields, which are 100 yards long.
If placed stern-to-stern, how many Viking boats would fit on a football field--two, three, four?
4 posted on
03/30/2005 2:16:04 PM PST by
franksolich
(coming soon (April 17): the Albania ping list)
To: franksolich
Longest longship excavated was 110 feet.
Average length probably 95 feet.
7 posted on
03/30/2005 2:20:50 PM PST by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
To: franksolich
They were much smaller than you'd imagine. They've got some in the Viking museum in Olso. If memory serves correct, models came anywhere from 40 to 100 feet.
10 posted on
03/30/2005 2:25:27 PM PST by
68 grunt
(3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
To: franksolich
This issue is asy to solve. Turn the fire hoses ont the boarders. Preferrably with steam.
23 posted on
03/30/2005 4:25:11 PM PST by
TXBSAFH
(Never underestimate the power of human stupidity--Robert Heinlein)
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