Stats| Name: | Viking | | Type | Gunboat | Construction Yard
(Yard No.) | Carljohansvaerns Vaerft, Horten
(72) | | Launched | 2.4.91 | | Commissioned | 1891 | | Weight, metric tons | 1200 | | Weight, BRT | 1086 | | Length, meters | 63,00 | | Width, meters | 9,30 | | Depth, meters | 4,10 | | Engines | Two 3cyl. expansion engines,
2 shafts, ? boilers | | Horsepower, HP | 2200 induced* | | Speed, knots | 15* | Range, nautical miles
(Max.) | 2300 at 15 knots using 140t coal* | | Patients/Medical staff | ?/? | | Crew | 145* | | Armament | None | | Owner | Norges Roede Kors, Oslo |
History- Completed as Norwegian Gunboat I. Class;
- Stricken 1920, due to useless engines;
- 1923 hospital hulk, Lofoten and Finnmark;
- 1940 seized by the Germans;
- Into service 10.9.40 as hospital/accommodation hulk, Hs-Flotille Narvik;
- At some point later in the war moved to Lödingen;
- Returned 1945, fate unknown.
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