Search results for HMS Viknor.

From cruiseship to armed merchant cruiser and spy catcher….

/world-war-i-articles/from-cruiseship-to-armed-merchant-cruiser-and-spy-catcher/

The ship that was HMS Viknor was built in 1888 as a passenger liner, the ‘Atrato’, for use on routes between Britain and the West Indies. In 1912, she would be renamed as the ‘Viking’ and was used for cruising. However, on the outbreak of war, she was requisitioned by the British Admiralty, renamed ‘HMS Viknor’ and armed as a merchant cruiser taske…