Military veterans have completed a 30ft replica Viking longboat in a long-running project which boosts their mental health. Over the years, more than 100 former servicemen and women have helped to ...

Military veterans have completed a 30ft replica Viking longboat in a long-running project which boosts their mental health. Over the years, more than 100 former servicemen and women have helped to ...

Bob Marshall (left) and Colin Laycock in their workshop in Darlington (Owen Humphreys/PA) Countless volunteer hours have been spent crafting the wood to make the replica which is based on a real, ...

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No one knows how big the Viking army was but if there were 20 men in each Viking ship, the army of AD892 numbered 6000! That was a huge army for the time. Most Viking armies were smaller ...