Viking (barque)
Viking under the Danish flag, between 1906 and 1929 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Denmark | |
| Name | Viking |
| Owner | A/S Den Danske Handelsflaadens Skoleskib for Befalningsmænd, Copenhagen |
| Builder | Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Cost | DKK 591,000 |
| Launched | 1 December 1906 |
| Maiden voyage | 19 July 1907 |
| In service | 1907 |
| Out of service | 1915 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5618148 |
| History | |
| Denmark | |
| Name | Viking |
| Owner | Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab A/S, Copenhagen |
| In service | 1915 |
| Out of service | 1929 |
| History | |
| Finland | |
| Name | Viking |
| Owner | Gustaf Erikson, Mariehamn, Finland (1929-1950) |
| In service | 1929 |
| Out of service | 1950 |
| History | |
| Sweden | |
| Name | Viking |
| Owner | City of Gothenburg, Sweden (1951-present) |
| In service | 1950- |
| Status | Floating hotel / museum |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Barque |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | ~6,300 t (6,201 long tons; 6,945 short tons) |
| Length | |
| Beam | 13.9 m (45 ft 7 in) |
| Height | 55.5 m (182 ft 1 in) (foremast above deck) |
| Draught | 7.33 m (24 ft 1 in) |
| Depth of hold | 8.1 m (26 ft 7 in) |
| Sail plan |
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| Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
| Capacity |
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| Notes | Anchor weight : 3 t (3 long tons; 3 short tons) each |
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| Location | Gothenburg, Sweden |
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| Coordinates | 57°42′46″N 11°57′55″E / 57.7128°N 11.9654°E |
Viking, (Barken Viking in Swedish ("the barque Viking")), is a four-masted steel barque, built in 1906 by Burmeister & Wain in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is reported to be the biggest sailing ship ever built in the Nordic countries. In the 21st century her sailing days have drawn to a close, and she is now moored as a floating hotel in Gothenburg, Sweden.