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2. Viking (cruise line) - Wikipedia

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   The company was established by Torstein Hagen in St. Petersburg, Russia as Viking River Cruises in 1997. Hagen had become involved in cruising as a McKinsey and Company consultant who helped the Holland America Line survive the 1973 oil crisis, then was CEO of the Royal Viking Line from 1980 to 1984, made money in the Russian private equity markets, then bought a controlling stake in a Dutch ...

3. Draken Harald Hårfagre - Wikipedia

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   The longship is constructed in oak and carries 260 square metres (2,800 sq ft) of sail. [citation needed] Draken Harald Hårfagre is the largest long ship built in modern times. In the Viking age, an attack carried out from the ocean would be in the form of a "strandhögg", i.e., highly mobile hit-and-run tactics. By the High Middle Ages the ...

4. List of river cruise ships - Wikipedia

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   Viking River Cruises: Viking Long Ship: Basel: ENI 07001966 : Viking Rurik: 1975: 125.0 m (410 ft) 196: Viking River Cruises: Vladimir Ilyich / 301: Saint Petersburg: → : RRR 160202: originally, the Mariya Ulyanova, formerly Petergof: Viking Sigyn: 2019: 135.0 m (443 ft) 190: Viking River Cruises: Viking Long Ship: Basel: ENI 07002115 ...

5. Viking ship - Wikipedia

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   The average speed of Viking ships varied from ship to ship but lay in the range of 5 to 10 knots (9 to 19 km/h), and the maximum speed of a longship under favorable conditions was around 15 knots (28 km/h).

6. Longship - Wikipedia

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   A Viking named Stjerner Oddi compiled a chart showing the direction of sunrise and sunset, which enabled navigators to sail longships from place to place with ease. Almgren, an earlier Viking, told of another method: "All the measurements of angles were made with what was called a 'half wheel' (a kind of half sun-diameter which corresponds to ...

7. Havhingsten fra Glendalough - Wikipedia

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   Havhingsten fra Glendalough ("The Sea Stallion from Glendalough" or just "Sea Stallion") is a reconstruction of Skuldelev 2, one of the Skuldelev ships and the second-largest Viking longship ever to be found.