Viking 1891
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Viking | Horten verft | 1890 | 2.4.1891 | 1891 | stricken 1920 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
1120 |
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Displacement full, t |
1181 |
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Length, m |
63.5 |
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Breadth, m |
9.30 |
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Draught, m |
3.66 max |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VC, 4 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
2000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
15 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 140 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2300(10) |
|
Armour, mm |
Harvey; deck: 35, shields: 25, casemates: 25, CT: 35 |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 149/37 SK L/40 C/92, 4 x 1 - 65/50 Hotchkiss, 4 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 1 - 356 TT (bow) |
|
Complement |
125 |
Project history: On the borderline between cruiser and gunboat, but the 35mm deck places this ship as a cruiser.
Protection: Armoured thin 35mm deck protected machinery. 15cm guns were protected by 25mm shields, secondary guns were protected by 25mm casemates.
Modernizations: 1904: new armament consisted of 1 x 1 - 149/46 Armstrong CC1, 1 x 1 - 120/44 Armstrong Y, 4 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 2 x 1 - 75/37 SK L/40?, 6 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 1 - 356 TT (bow)
Naval service: Viking was stricken in 1920 and in 1924 sold to Norwegian Red Cross for use as hospital ship.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014