HNoMS Viking (1891-1920)

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The gunboat Viking, dressed with flags at Kiel, Germany, during ceremonies marking the opening of the Kiel Canal, June 1895.
Career
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:	2 April 1891
Commissioned:	1891
Fate:	Decommissioned 1920, later served as a hospital ship for the Norwegian Red Cross
General characteristics
Displacement:	1181 tons
Dimensions:	63.5 m x 9.3 m x 3.66 m
Armament:	2 x 12 cm (4.7 inch) guns 4 x 57 mm (2.24 inch) QF guns 4 x 1pdr (37 mm / 1.47 inch) automatic guns[1] 3 x 36 cm (14 inch) torpedo tubes
Propulsion:	2000 hp reciprocating steam engine, 2 shafts, 15 knots
Crew:	125

The HNoMS Viking was a 1. class gunboat (built for the Royal Norwegian Navy. Like all other Norwegian gunships of her era, she carried a heavy armament on a diminutive hull.

Viking served with the Royal Norwegian Navy until striken in 1920. Later she was used as a hospital ship by the Norwegian Red Cross.

The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, and had the yard number 72.

[edit] Notes and references

1. ^ 1pdr Single

• Naval history via Flix: KNM Viking, retrieved 17 March 2006
• Viking (First Class Gunboat, 1891-1920), retrieved 17 March 2006
• Byggenummer ved Horten verft, retrieved 2 March 2006

Norwegian gunships

1. class:

Ellida, Sleipner, Viking and Frithjof

2. class:

Vale class: Vale, Brage, Nor, Uller and Vidar

Gor class: Gor and Tyr

Æger

Gunships of the Royal Norwegian Navy