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. |
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| Career |  |
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| 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
- 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
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