Which warship was the best: the Trireme or the Viking warship.?

Question

If this two ships where to fight each other against 1 on 1 which would win and what would happen if the fight happens between two fleets.

Answer 1

trieme would win

Answer 2

The sea battles at that time where won by the troops on the boats, not by the boats. They didn't have guns, to sink each other then. A Viking sea battle would go so, that the Vikings locked their boats with the enemy, using ropes and then fought with battle axes, spears and swords. Similar the Romans. A viking ship was more maneuverable then a trireme and would have avoided being gouged. If you would set up a battle, with a similar forces and boat size from each side, I would bet heavily, that the Vikings would make mince meat of the Romans, before they knew, what hit their shields. Most Romans where about 5'4", where Vikings used to be not seldom six foot and over. Seeing the Vikings, barrel chested, with shoulders like garage doors and thick strings of biceps bulging on huge upper arms, I think Caesars Soldiers would have quickly jumped overboard, when close enough, that they could see their first blond Berserk with blood shot eyes, gnawing impatiently on his arrow pierced shield, wielding a 40 lbs battle ax like a tooth pick. There would have been a lot of light haired little babies born, nine month later in the city of Rom, if the battle would have been nearby. Vikings actually engaged with Romans. I am not quit sure, but Trier was attacked by Vikings, when Rom was still an empire. It's really hard to say. Romans never conqured the heartland of the germanic tribes, it was the other way around and Vikings where made up by mainly germanic tribes of the north. So, who actually was a Viking in around 500 A.C. was kind of open to interpretation. Soon after that time, the Roman Empire wasn't run by Romans anymore.

Answer 3

They served totally different purposes. The trireme was used to ram and board. The viking long ship was used to carry warriors from place to place. It was very rarely used in naval combat because the Vikings wanted hand to hand. It would be any-body's guess what the outcome would be. It would probably depend on how many Vikings could get onto the trireme between their long ship being rammed and sinking.

Answer 4

There are two scenarios, 1/- Triremes in the North Atlantic. Not good for Triremes
2/- Long ships in the Mediterranean Not Good for the Long ships.
Triremes were suitable for the calmer waters of the Mediterranean, whilst the Long ships were excellent in the more turbulent North Atlantic

Answer 5

Viking warships would crush Triremes.

Answer 6

The long ship was a superior all around ship, the trireme was an better warship. Amusing the same number of men (and other resources) you would have about six long ships per ream.

Answer 7

Elizabeth is correct one was like a marine assualt vehicle made for navigating through rough seas and then up shallow rivers. The Tireme was for calmer waters and mainly for naval warfare.

Answer 8

The viking ship was far superior!!!

Have a nice day!

Answer 9

same as above