Nydam Boat (350)
| Material | Propulsion | Country | Year Launched |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood | Human Energy | Germany | 350 |
| Length (feet) | Displacement (tons) |
|---|---|
| 75 | Unknown |
Early instance of Northern European shipbuilding. Clinker-built (overlapping planks) with 5 strakes. Iron rivets; side-rudder; rowlocks made of forked branches attached to gunwales. Discovered in 1863 about 50 miles from Kiel, Germany. Still earlier clinker-style boats from Northern Europe were the Hjortspring boat (4th C BC) and the Bjorke boat from Sweden (AD 100). Nydam boat was a fast, seagoing rowing vessel used in the migration of Northern Europeans to Britain in 5th and 6th centuries.
Sources
Robert A. McCaughey Seafarers, Merchants and Pirates in the Middle Ages (2006)Compiler
Peter Richards