The Ladby ship was the Viking ship burial excavated at Ladby on Denmark’s island of Funen.
The burial was discovered in 1935 in a ship-shaped mound near Kerteminde. Unlike the Norwegian ship burials at Oseberg and Gokstad, the Ladby vessel was preserved mainly as the impression of its timbers in the soil, with only small amounts of wood surviving.
The ship dates to the early tenth century, approximately AD 925. Its burial included iron fittings, anchors, nails, and traces of a richly equipped funeral. Archaeologists also found remains suggesting that dogs and horses were part of the ceremony.
The Ladby ship was about 21.5 metres long and approximately 3 metres wide. It is the only known Viking ship burial in Denmark. The name refers to the archaeological site and modern village, not to a ship type used throughout Scandinavia.