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HNoMS Viking (1891)

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Viking at the Kiel Canal, June 1895
Viking, dressed with flags at Kiel, Germany, during ceremonies marking the opening of the Kiel Canal, June 1895
History
 NorwayNorway
NameViking
NamesakeThe VikingNorse explorer, warrior, merchant, and pirate of the Viking Age
BuilderNavy Yard, Karljohansvern
Yard number72
Launched2 April 1891
Commissioned1891
Decommissioned1920
NotesServed as a hospital ship for the Norwegian Red Cross
General characteristics
Class and type.1 class gunboat
Displacement1,181 long tons (1,200 t)
Length63.5 m (208 ft 4 in)
Beam9.3 m (30 ft 6 in)
Draught3.66 m (12 ft 0 in)
PropulsionReciprocating steam engine, 2,000 hp (1,491 kW), 2 shafts
Speed15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement125
Armament
  • 2 × 12 cm (5 in) guns
  • 4 × 57 mm (2 in) QF guns
  • 4 × 1-pounder 37 mm (1 in) automatic gun[1]
  • 3 × 46 cm (18 in) torpedo tube
Armour1.5 in (4 cm) deck

HNoMS Viking was a 1. class gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy. Like the other Norwegian gunboats of her era, she carried a heavy armament on a diminutive hull. The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, and had yard number 72.

Characteristics

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Viking was built of steel covered with a cellulose belt. She was 62 m long with a beam of 9.3 m and a normal draft of 3.96 m. She displaced 1,123 tons. Her engines produced 2,000 ihp and drove two propellers.[2]

Viking was not armored, but had a protective deck of 1.5 in (4 cm) thickness.[2]

Viking's main battery initially consisted of two Krupp 15 cm MRK L/40 guns. It also had four 65 mm quick-firing guns and four 37 mm guns. She had three 'carriages' to launch torpedoes.[2]

Service

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

Notes

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  1. ^ 1pdr Single
  2. ^ a b c Barnes 1892, p. 253.

References

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  • Barnes, F.K. (1892), "Tables and plans of British and Foreign Armoured and Unarmoured Ships", The Naval Annual, Griffin & Co. Portsmouth
  • Viking (First Class Gunboat, 1891-1920), archived from the original on 22 July 2012
  • Naval history via Flix: KNM Viking, retrieved 17 March 2006