Skuldelev 3 (Roskilde Ship Museum)

Title: Skuldelev 3 (Roskilde Ship Museum)
Submitted by: Sion
Description: Skuldelev 3 is a small, elegant and sturdy trading ship, built for transporting goods in Danish coastal waters and the Baltic. The ship is the best preserved of the five Viking ships found in Roskilde Fjord, and was built of Danish oak. It had decks of loose planks fore and aft and an open hold amidships with room for about 4 tons of cargo.

The ship may have been used when the owner and his associates or family travelled to to a market or meetings at the assembly.

Dating: ca. 1040
Place of construction: Denmark
Preserved: ca. 75 %
Material: Oak
Length: 14 metres
Breadth: 3.3 metres
Draught: 0.9 metres
Displacement: 9.6 tons
Cargo capacity: 4.6 tons
No. of oars: 5 oar ports
Crew: 5-8 men
Sail area: 45 m2
Average speed: 4-5 knots
Top speed: 8-10 knots
Identifier: NM-00729
Contributor: The Roskilde Ship Museum; Roskilde Ship Museum See all items with this value
Date: 1040; 2026-09-07
Temporal Coverage: Viking Age (0750–1100)
Place of Origin: Denmark
Current Location: Vindeboder 12, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark; 55.6508678, 12.0814635
Format: Wood
Extent: Length: 14 metres
Breadth: 3.3 metres
Draught: 0.9 metres
Displacement: 9.6 tons
Cargo capacity: 4.6 tons
No. of oars: 5 oar ports
Crew: 5-8 men
Sail area: 45 m2
Average speed: 4-5 knots
Top speed: 8-10 knots
Type: Ship See all items with this value; Artefact & Replica See all items with this value; Artefact & Artwork See all items with this value
Subject: Ship prow; Ship; Ship Setting
Rights: CC BY-SA 4.0

Media: Skuldelev 3 (Roskilde Ship Museum)