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The Salme ships are two clinker-built ships of Scandinavian origin discovered in 2008 and 2010 near the village of Salme on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia.Both ships were used for ship burials here around AD 700–750 in the Nordic Iron Age and contained the remains of 41 warriors killed in battle, as well as 6 dogs, 2 hunting hawks and numerous weapons and other artifacts.
The site of one of the excavated Salme ships. From Dirham hoards in Estonia. Viking-Age treasures from Estonia mostly contain silver coins and bars. Compared to its close neighbors, Saaremaa has the richest finds of Viking treasures after Gotland in Sweden. This strongly suggests that Estonia was an important transit country during the Viking era.
Prior to the administrative reform of Estonian municipalities in 2017, the village was the administrative center of Salme Parish. The Salme shipfind consisted of two clinker-built ships discovered in Salme, one with the remains of seven persons found in autumn 2008, and another with 33 in 2010. [2] Salme school. As of 2021, the population of ...
In 2008–2010, the ship burial of two ships were discovered in Salme, Estonia, the Salme ships. Remains from at least 42 individuals were discovered in the two ships. [6] Most of them belonged to 30–40 years old males who had been killed in battle.
Salme ships, two clinker-built ships of Viking Scandinavian origin discovered in Salme village on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Salme .
Saaremaa was the wealthiest county of ancient Estonia [citation needed] and the home of notorious pirates, sometimes called the Eastern Vikings. The Chronicle of Henry of Livonia describes a fleet of sixteen ships and 500 Osilians ravaging the area that is now southern Sweden, then belonging to Denmark.
Viking ship graves were laid out in a costly fashion, and practiced for both men and women of the time. [12] A traditional Viking ship prepared for burial contained the body of whomever owned the ship, which would then be set on fire and laid in the water, eventually taken by the winds and tides on a journey to a new life.
This is a list of active Estonian Navy ships. In total there are 8 commissioned ships in the navy. [ 1 ] In 2023 four of the larger Police and Border Guard patrol vessels were merged with the Estonian Navy to improve coastal patrol capabilities.