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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*  {{LCommRN}} [[Robert Gerald Hamond|Robert G. Hamond]], 15 December, 1910.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 393.</ref>
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*  {{CommRN}} [[Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, First Baron Mountevans|Edward R. G. R. Evans]], C.B., 3 December, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 394.</ref>
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*  {{CommRN}} [[Henry Gerard Laurence Oliphant|Henry G. L. Oliphant]], before 26 October, 1916, in command at [[Battle of Dover Strait]].{{UKNavalOpsIV|p. 62}}
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Revision as of 19:11, 6 May 2014

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 twelve destroyers of the "Tribal" class.

Service

In mid-1913, she was with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

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.[7]

On 4 March, 1915, under Commander Evans, Viking sighted U 8 on the surface in foggy condition in the Dover Strait, opening fire at 1,000 yards and forcing a dive. Nine other destroyers joined in as Viking used sweeping gear on the sea bed, firing one against a periscope, but without effect. An hour later, Maori and Ghurka joined in, blowing the submarine to the surface and taking 28 prisoners.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913) p. 394.
  7. ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 88 of 3 July 1914.
  8. ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 101.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 393.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 394.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 935.

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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