HMS Viking (1909)
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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）.
Gun armament consisted of two 4 inch guns, the 12-pounder guns carried by earlier Tribals having been proved ineffective by trials against the old destroyer HMS Skate in 1906.
Two 18 inch （450 mm） torpedo tubes were carried.
The ship ...