HNoMS Viking (1891)

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.

Viking, dressed with flags at Kiel, Germany, during ceremonies marking the opening of the Kiel Canal, June 1895
History
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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 and 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	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

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