| Name: | VIKINGEN |
| Type: | Whale Factory Ship |
| Launched: | 06/07/1929 |
| Completed: | 09/1929 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1377 |
| Dimensions: | 12639grt, 8884nrt, 493.0 x 71.1 x 34.2ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (22.5, 36.5 & 61 x 39ins), 773nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 12.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 161537 |
| History: | |
| 27/08/1929 | Viking Whale Co Ltd (S Cartwright), Newcastle |
| 1933 | South Sea Chartering Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1934 | Viking Corporation (Johan Rasmussen & Co), Panama |
| 1938 | Deutsche Ölmuhlen-Rohstoffe GmbH, Hamburg; renamed WIKINGER |
| 1945 | Ministry of Transport (Kerguelen Sealing & Whaling Co Ltd), London |
| 1945 | Renamed EMPIRE VENTURE |
| 1946 | Ministerstvo Rybnogo Khozyaistva, Odessa; renamed SLAVA |
| 1966 | Dalryba, Vladivostok |
| 1971 | Unknown Japanese owners; renamed FUJI MARU |
| 07/1971 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1971: Renamed for the delivery voyage to the breakers |
| 13/07/1971: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up |
The Bystander, Wednesday, 18/09/1929
Above is photo of a model of VIKINGEN is courtesy of Photoship
Yorkshire Post, Monday, 08/07/1929