646 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



The sejifcs are separatetl loiigitiulinally by an opening 7 feet wide for the 

 raising and lowering of the mast which by a height of (>li feet and 

 a weight of 2,000 pounds carried a sail that represented a surface of 

 1,400 square feet. 



The forecastle room is 12 feet long, 10 wide, and 6A feethigli. and the 

 cabin in the stern 15 feet long by Hi feet high. 



A crew of ninety men required for the ship together with accouter- 

 ments and provisions for about four to six weeks weighs 24 tons. 



The entire weight of the ship inclusive of crew and equiimient is com- 

 puted at 60 tons. The corresponding displacement is obtained by 

 length of water line of 82 feet by 16 feet in width and a draft of 4f feet 

 in the middle. 



The 30-seater (Fig, l."»l) is constructed on the same general plans as 

 the 20-seater, but is built stronger and having between each pair of ribs 

 a short rib reaching to the water line. 



The length of the ship is 120 feet keel with a curvature of 12 inches; 

 length of hold 107 feet; between stems 160 feet; width 23^ feet, and 

 depth amidships 9 feet, the gunwale curving 5 per cent bring the stems 

 about 17 feet above water. The forward cabin is about 11 teet above 

 the water, 22 feet long and 15 feet wide, while the stern cabin is 26 feet 

 in length. 



The deck, representing 2,000 square feet, is 4 feet above the water, 

 aiul upon it are thirty seats upon each side, the twenty in the 

 middle being 8 feet and the stem and stern banks only 5 feet wide, with 

 an interval of 3i feet between the oars which are i)lied through holes 6 

 feet above the water. 



The central longitudinal space between the seats is 7 feet in width; 

 the mast has a height of 80 feet weighing between 4,000 and 5,000 

 pounds and carries a sail representing a surface of 2,550 square feet. 



The crew is estimated at two hundred and sixty men, which, with 

 their accouterments and provisions, will weigh 118.3 tons; the weight 

 of the ship, built of spruce, together with its equi}»ment. is 153 tons; 

 its water line is 144 feet in length by 23 feet in width and 7i feet draft, 

 representing a displacement of 271.3 tons. 



The Long Serpent, according to Saga account, was a thirty-four- 

 seater, and had a length of 74 ells. The ell, according to authority, is 

 1^ English feet ; hence, length of ship is 111 feet. In a ship of that length 

 the extreme breadth is computed at 22 feet, with a depth of 13i feet, 

 and a displacement of 296 tons. 



The foHowing table represents the results obtained by Mr. Tuxen" 

 in comymting and preparing construction ]>lans for a twenty and a 

 thirtv-seatei': 



' Tnren, N. E.: De nordiskt- LaD^skibo. In Aarb. f. nord. Oldk. og Hist. KjcJbeu- 

 havii. 1886. 



