Name Viking Commissioned 1891 Launched 2 April 1891 Draft 3.66 m | Yard number 72 Decommissioned 1920 Length 64 m | |
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Fate Served as a hospital ship for the Norwegian Red Cross | ||
HNoMS Viking was a 1. class gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy. Like the other Norwegian gunships 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 served with the Royal Norwegian Navy until stricken in 1920. Later she was used as a hospital ship by the Norwegian Red Cross.
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