In Viking ships, long and straight trunks were sought for the keel. The Skuldelev 2 report documented that finding a suitable keel piece created a critical production bottleneck since a suitable trunk was difficult to find even in dense primaeval forests.
Charcoal illustration by Selim Rumi Civralı.
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Civralı, S. R. (2026, March 18). Finding Keel Timber: Viking Ship Construction 12. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21643/finding-keel-timber/
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