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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. ==Construction and design== 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.〔Friedman 2009, p. 305.〕 The Tribal-class destroyers were to be powered by steam turbines and use oil-fuel rather than coal, and be capable of , but detailed design was left to the builders, which meant that individual ships of the class differed greatly.〔Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 72.〕〔Friedman 2009, pp. 106–109.〕 ''Viking'' was long overall and between perpendiculars, with a beam of and a draught of . Normal displacement was , with full load displacement .〔Friedman 2009, p. 294.〕 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.〔Friedman 2009, p. 205.〕 Six Yarrow boilers fed steam at to Parsons steam turbines, giving 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 at .〔〔〔Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 71.〕 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.〔Friedman 2009, pp. 108–109.〕〔Brown 2003, p. 178.〕 Two 18 inch torpedo tubes were carried.〔 The ship has a complement of 71.〔 ''Viking'' was commissioned in June 1910,〔 having reached a speed of during sea trials.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Viking (1909)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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