H.M.S. Viking (1909)

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H.M.S. Viking (1909)
Pendant Number: H.90 (1914)
D.09 (Sep 1915)
D.93 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer[2]
Ordered: 1907-08 Programme[3]
Launched: 14 Sep, 1909[4]
Sold: 1919[5]

H.M.S. Viking was one of 12 destroyers of the Tribal class.

Career

While part of the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, the ship was one of four of her class undergoing refit in Chatham Royal Dockyard until 8 July, 1914.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

  • Commander H. G. L. Oliphant, in command in action of 27 Oct, 1916.[7]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  3. ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 84.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  6. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 88 of 3 July 1914.
  7. ↑ Naval Operations. Vol. IV. p. 62.

Bibliography


Tribal Class Destroyer
Afridi Cossack Ghurka Mohawk Tartar
  Amazon Saracen Crusader Maori  
  Nubian Viking Zulu Zubian  
<– River Class Destroyers (UK) Beagle Class –>


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