A locally built replica viking long ship at Lerwick, Shetland Islands.

A locally built replica viking long ship at Lerwick, Shetland Islands. She has a striped foresail set on a single mast, two men are rowing and she is using a steering oar over her starboard quarter. Sixteen men are on board and she has a dragon head stem and a dragon tail stern. She is much shorter than a proper viking long ship should be.

Object Details

ID: P92736
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Viking long ship
Date made: 1930-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 116 mm x 166 mm