HMS Viking (1909)
HMS Viking
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Viking |
| Builder: | Palmers |
| Laid down: | 11 June 1908 |
| Launched: | 14 September 1909 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 1919 |
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| Class and type: | Tribal-class destroyer |
| Length: | 290 ft 3 in (88.47 m) oa |
| Beam: | 27 ft 5 in (8.36 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
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| Speed: | 33 kn (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Range: | 1,725 nmi (3,195 km; 1,985 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 71 |
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HMS Viking was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched in 1909 and sold for scrap in 1919. She was the only destroyer ever to have six funnels.
HMS Viking was one of five Tribal-class destroyers ordered as part of the Royal Navy's 1907–08 shipbuilding programme. She was laid down at Palmers' Jarrow shipyard on 11 June 1908 and was launched on 14 September 1909. The Tribal-class destroyers were to be powered by steam turbines and use oil-fuel rather than coal, and be capable of 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph), but detailed design was left to the builders, which meant that individual ships of the class differed greatly.
Viking was 290 feet 3 inches (88.47 m) long overall and 280 feet 2 3⁄4 inches (85.41 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 27 feet 5 inches (8.36 m) and a draught of 9 feet 9 inches (2.97 m). Normal displacement was 1,090 long tons (1,110 t), with full load displacement 1,210 long tons (1,230 t). She had a turtleback forecastle topped by a raised forward gun platform that also carried the ship's bridge. The raised gun platform acted as a breakwater, causing heavy spray that made it difficult to work the forward gun or use the bridge. Six Yarrow boilers fed steam at 220 pounds per square inch (1,500 kPa) to Parsons steam turbines, giving 15,500 shaft horsepower (11,600 kW) and driving three propeller shafts. The outtakes from the boilers were fed to six funnels, making Viking the Royal Navy's only six-funneled destroyer. Range was 1,725 nautical miles (3,195 km; 1,985 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).
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