The name knarr is the Old Norse term for a type of ship built
for long sea voyages. The knarr was a cargo ship, the hull was
wider, deeper and shorter than a longship, and could take more
cargo and be operated by smaller crews. They were built with a
length of about 54 feet (16m), a beam of 15 feet (4.5m), and a
hull capable of carrying up to 24 tons. It was primarily used to
transport trading goods like walrus ivory, wool, timber, wheat,
furs and pelts, armour, slaves, honey, and weapons. It was also
used to supply food, drink, and weapons and armour to warriors
and traders along their journeys across the Baltic, the
Mediterranean and other seas. Knarrer routinely crossed the
North Atlantic carrying livestock such as sheep and horses, and
stores to Norse settlements in Iceland, Greenland and Vinland as
well as trading goods to trading posts in the British Isles,
Continental Europe and possibly the Middle East. The only knarr
found to be well preserved was in a shallow channel in Roskilde
Fjord in Denmark of