SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | VIKINGEN I |
| Type | Whaler |
| Yard Number | 879 |
| Launched | 29/05/1929 |
| Completed | 1929 |
| Off. Number | 161529 |
| Engine builder | Smith's Dock |
| Engine type | T 3 cyl |
| GRT | 250 |
| Length (feet) | 116.0 |
| Beam (feet) | 24.2 |
| First owner | Viking Whaling Co. Ltd. (S. Cartwright), Newcastle |
| History | c1932 Viking Corp. (Johan Rasmussen & Co.), Panama |
| 1938 WIKING 1, Deutsche Ölmühlen-Rohstoffe G.m.b.H. (Hamburger Walfang-Kontor G.m.b.H.), Hamburg | |
| 1939 Requisitioned by German Navy | |
| 05/1945 Taken as a prize at Kiel by RN, renamed EMPIRE VIKING I, M.O.W.T (United Whalers Ltd.), London | |
| 1946 SLAVA 8 when allocated to USSR (also listed as SLAVA VIII) | |
| Fate | In LR 1968, not in LR1970 |
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