HNoMS Viking
Viking, dressed with flags at Kiel, Germany, during ceremonies marking the opening of the Kiel Canal, June 1895 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| NorwayNorway | |
| Name | Viking |
| Namesake | The Viking – Norse explorer, warrior, merchant, and pirate of the Viking Age |
| Builder | Navy Yard, Karljohansvern |
| Yard number | 72 |
| Launched | 2 April 1891 |
| Commissioned | 1891 |
| Decommissioned | 1920 |
| Notes | Served as a hospital ship for the Norwegian Red Cross |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | .1 class gunboat |
| Displacement | 1,181 long tons (1,200 t) |
| Length | 63.5 m (208 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 9.3 m (30 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 3.66 m (12 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion | Reciprocating steam engine, 2,000 hp (1,491 kW), 2 shafts |
| Speed | 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement | 125 |
| Armament | |
| Armour | 1.5 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
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
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
- ^ "1pdr Single". Archived from the original on 2024-11-30. Retrieved 2006-03-17.
- ^ a b c Barnes 1892, p. 253.
References
- 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