| Name: | VIKING |
| Type: | Passenger Ship |
| Launched: | 07/03/1905 |
| Completed: | 06/1905 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 759 |
| Dimensions: | 1957grt, 827nrt, 350.4 x 42.0 x 16.1ft |
| Engines: | 3 x Steam turbines, 11000shp, 1446nhp |
| Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 3 x Screws, 22.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 118604 |
| History: | |
| 14/06/1905 | Isle of Man Steam Packet Co Ltd, Douglas |
| 1915 | British Royal Navy; renamed VINDEX |
| 1920 | Isle of Man Steam Packet Co Ltd, Douglas; renamed VIKING |
| 24/09/1954 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 23/03/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty & purchased later in the same year |
| 1915: Converted into a seaplane carrier, carrying 4 x seaplanes & fighter aircraft | |
| Armed with 4 x 1 x 12pdr, 1 x 6pdr AA guns | |
| Hanger constructed aft, with a launching platform. 2 x cranes. 5 x aircraft | |
| Launching ramp/platform fwd, 2 x derricks, 2 x aircraft | |
| 1920: Returned to owners | |
| 1939 to 1945: Requisitioned as a troopship | |
| 24/09/1954: Broken up by TW Ward at Barrow |
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as VINDEX is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as VINDEX is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as VINDEX is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 08/03/1905