HNoMS Viking (1891)

The HNoMS "Viking" was a 1. class gunboat (built for the Royal Norwegian Navy. Like all other Norwegian gunships of her era, she carried a heavy armament on a diminutive hull.

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

The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, and had the yard number 72.

Notes and references

* [http://navalhistory.flixco.info/G/287933x9/8330/a0.htm Naval history via Flix: KNM Viking] , retrieved 17 March 2006
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/norway/viking.htm Viking (First Class Gunboat, 1891-1920)] , retrieved 17 March 2006
* [http://www.lokalhistoriskarkiv.no/arkivet/historiske_sider/horten_verft/byggenummer Byggenummer ved Horten verft] , retrieved 2 March 2006