Viking Collection (page 4)

The USS Norton Sound - guided missile research ship
The USS Norton Sound, the US Navys guided missile research ship, from which a Martin Viking rocket was launched on 12 May 1950 to establish a new record for US-built

Martin Viking 4 rocket prior to launching
View through the blockhouse window of the nose of Martin Viking 4 rocket prior to launching from the deck of the USS Norton Sound

Viking Ship Museum / Oseburg Ship. NORWAY. Oslo. Viking Ship Museum

RSS Discovery and Danish Long Boat, London
RSS Discoverys Commissioner Colquhoun (nicknamed Koko) receives an address from the crew of a Danish Long Boat, on August Bank Holiday on the River Thames in London

Swedish rune stone
Runic stone outside the church of Tensta, Uppland. The insciption is in a transciption. Torbjorn and Torsten and Styrbjorn let raise the stone after Torfast, their father opir carved. Date: BCE

Approach of a Danish fleet
A large Danish fleet approaches the English coastline Date: 9th - 10th Centuries A.D

Vikings attack tower
Marauding Viking raiders are frustrated in their attacks on an Irish tower, and some rip off their armour in order to make easier an attempt to clamber up the walls. Date: Circa 800 A.D

Viking ships in the Humber estuary, which was the border between Northumbria and the kingdoms to the south Date: Circa 800 A.D

Passengers disembarking at Madrid Airport
Passengers (tourists?) disembarking their aeroplane at Madrid Airport - they have flown by British Independent Airways Vickers 610 Viking 1B

Ramslund Flat Rock
Detail of the Ramsund Flat Rock, Sodermanland Sweden telling the story of Sigurd Fafnesbane. The extensive inscription had been made by a woman named Sigrid in memory of her husband during

Tullstorps Rune Stone
The 2-metre high Rune stone (Tullstorpsstenen) at Tullstorps church cemetery Scania, Sweden from the Viking Age has pictures of a wolf and a longship

Ramsund Flat Rock
Drawing of the runic inscription at Ramsund Flat Rock, Sodermanland Sweden telling the story of Sigurd Fafnesbane. The extensive inscription had been made by a woman named Sigrid in memory of her

Viking Ruins
The ruins of a fine dry stone building, reputed to have once been the stronghold of the former Norse Chieftains of the islands, Jarlshof, Sumburgh, Shetland, Scotland. Date: 9th or 10th century

Viking Longship
A Viking longship in a museum in Norway. Date: 5th century

Kon-Tiki Museum
A Viking ship, carved monolith and famous raft the Kon-Tiki, at the museum in Oslo. Thor Heyerdahl sailed across the Pacific on the Kon-tiki in 1947. Date: 1960s

Norway - Trondheim - King Olaf Tryggvason
Norway - Trondhjem - Statue of the Viking King Olaf Tryggvason (960s1000), founder of the city (in 997) Date: circa 1920s

Ships of the Conquest
696 vessels of this type, similar to Viking boats, are used by duke William to bring his forces to England. Each carries about 100 men. In the foreground is the Commander s. Date: 1066

Viking Raid
A Viking raid - women abducted

St. Kevins Kitchen a church within a 6th century monastic settlement, with a tower built as a refuge against Viking and Clan raids, Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland

Viking Raiders on Coast
Viking raiders slay and rob on English soil Date: 800 - 1000

Gokstad Viking Ship
Excavated in 1880, a perfectly preserved Viking ship shown after its removal from a long barrow at Gokstad, Norway

Viking Single Combat
Two Viking warriors settle their differences in single combat

Vikings Approach
Viking ships approach the east Anglian coast of England, carrying Danish raiders to Britain

Vikings Raid France
Charlemagne, King of the Franks, watches in dismay as Viking raiders attack the coast of France

Eric the Red Sails
Eric the Red sails to Greenland, 983

Vikings at Heligoland
A Viking raiding party heading for the island of Heligoland

Viking Ship
Eric the Red sails to Greenland, 983

King Alfreds galleys in battle with Vikings

Sweyn Tricked by Scots
The Scots drug and then attack their Viking invaders. The Viking leader Sweyn of Norway, however, escapes thanks to his two attendants

Russia / 862 / Rurik Arrives
The viking Rurik becomes governor of Novgorod, at the request of Slavs who are exhausted by long-running inter-tribal wars

Conversion / Tryggvesson
During his Viking wanderings Olaf Tryggvesson is converted by a hermit on the Isles of Scilly who predicts that he will become a great King

Viking Explorers / 1007
Viking explorers stop off in Scotland to mend their longships, take on extra cargo and prepare for the long voyages north toward Greenland and Vinland (North America)

Eric the Red / Greenland
Eric the Red (father of Leif Eriksson - who landed in North America circa 1000) reaches Greenland

Naddod Discovers Iceland
Viking explorer Naddod discovers Iceland

Vikings to Greenland
Icelandic seamen discover Greenland Date: 986

Transport / Sailing Ships /
A Danish Raven

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