Viking (P69)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | V2 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Norwegian Navy as Utvaer in 1946. |
Events
| 03-09-1942 : | Laid Down |
| 05-04-1943 : | Launched |
| 30-08-1943 : | Completed |
| 05-07-1944 : | While on patrol in the Norwegian Sea, HMS Viking fires from 600 yards a four-torpedo spread at the German submarine U-965. The Germans saw the torpedo tracks and managed to avoid them. A serving W/T aboard Viking at this time recalls that the topedoes fired "porpoised", allowing them to be seen by the crew of the U-boat, which then dived. He said they had no idea why the U-boat was on the surface as it evidently was not disabled. He also noted that the crew of the Viking weren't sorry they'd missed the other submariners. |
| 01-09-1944 : | HMS Viking attacks a German convoy with torpedoes off Egersund, Norway. All torpedoes fired miss. |
| 04-09-1944 : | HMS Viking attacks a German convoy with torpedoes about 10 nautical miles south-east of Egersund, Norway. All torpedoes miss. |
| 14-10-1944 : | Torpedoed and sank the Norwegian merchant Standard in the Saltenfjord, Norway. |
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