Clinker construction | Shipbuilding, Hull Design, Maritime Engineering ...
clinker construction, method of shipbuilding characteristic in north European waters during ancient and medieval times, in which the planks were overlapped and, in earlier times, usually joined by sewing. The earliestknown specimen, found in Als, Denmark, dates from about ad 300. The Viking ships that raided Europe and discovered America were clinker built, as were the ships with which ...