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What type of shipbuilding technique did the Vikings use? Briefly describe this technique and its effects. draw

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All Viking ships are clinker built; the planks were overlapped at one edge and riveted together. In clinker shipbuilding you start build the outside first, and then put a frame inside it. The other style of wooden shipbuilding, used by the Mary Rose and the Victory, is called carvel.
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