Viking Barge 1

Viking Barge 1 being towed out of the Tyne, North East England by the Tug ANDRE-B on 8th April 2011. Photographed from North Shields Highlights.

She had been in the Tyne to drop off parts of a Steel Gas Platform from the Shell UK Indefatigable gas field for scapping at the former Swan Hunter Wallsend Yard.

Owners: Viking Barge KS, Kristiansand, Norway

Flag: Norwegian

IMO: 9088304
Call Sign: LK5308

Classification: Lloyd’s Register +100A1 pontoon, bottom strengthened for loading and unloading aground.
Certificates etc.: All valid Certificates, Stability / Loading Manual and drawings are placed in a briefcase in the pumproom.

Length O.A.: 300 ft (91,440 m)
Breadth Moulded: 90 ft (27,432 m)
Depth: 20 ft (6,096 m)

Summer Load Line: 4,842 m
Deadweight: 9 700 tonnes
Light weight: 1 850 tonnes
Gross tonnage: 4 066 tonnes
Net tonnage: 1 219 tonnes

Deck area: 2 508 m² (27 000 ft2)