| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | V2 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Norwegian Navy as Utvaer in 1946. |
| 1943: | Lieutenant | Rawdon Bannar Martin | DSC |
| 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. |
| Length overall | 195 ft 6 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft 10 inch |
| Displacement | 648 tons (surface) |
| 735 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (surface) |
| 9 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 4050 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Submerged: 23 miles at 8 knots or 170 miles at 2.5 knots (design) | |
| Armament | 4 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| (8 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 3 inch gun | |
| 3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| Complement | 4 Officers and 33 Ratings |
B 8 (I 28) |
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| Class: | 1903 - 1906: B Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | B |
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Fate: Converted to Surface Patrol Craft and renamed 'S8' for service on the Otranto Barrage. Sold for breaking in 1919. |
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| Length overall | 195 ft 6 inch |
| Beam | 15 ft 9 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft 10 inch |
| Displacement | 648 tons (surface) |
| 735 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 200 ft |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (surface) |
| 9 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Endurance | Surface: 4050 miles at 10 knots (design) |
| Submerged: 23 miles at 8 knots or 170 miles at 2.5 knots (design) | |
| Armament | 4 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| (8 torpedoes carried) | |
| 1 x 3 inch gun | |
| 3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns | |
| Complement | 4 Officers and 33 Ratings |
B 8 (I 28) |
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| Class: | 1903 - 1906: B Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | B |
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Fate: Converted to Surface Patrol Craft and renamed 'S8' for service on the Otranto Barrage. Sold for breaking in 1919. |
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