SS Viking (1905)
Viking | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Viking |
| Owner | 1905 - 1954: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. |
| Operator | 1905 - 1954: IoMSPCo. |
| Port of registry | Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Route | 1905 - 1954: Douglas - Fleetwood |
| Builder | Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle on Tyne |
| Cost | £83,900 |
| Way number | 118604 |
| Laid down | 1905 |
| Launched | 9 March 1905 |
| In service | 1905 |
| Out of service | 1954 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped at Barrow in Furness 1954 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger Steamer |
| Tonnage | 1,957 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 350 feet (110 m) |
| Beam | 42 feet (13 m) |
| Depth | 17 ft 3 in (5.3 m) |
| Installed power | 10,000 shp (7,500 kW) |
| Propulsion | Three sets of direct-acting turbines manufactured by the Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, driving three shafts producing 10,000 shp (7,500 kW) |
| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
| Capacity | 2,000 passengers |
| Crew | 80 |
SS (RMS) Viking was a steel, triple-screw turbine-driven passenger steamer operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company between 1905 and 1954.