Viking longships

**Viking longships**
	First ship in the new series, the Viking Odin
Ship data
Ship type	Cabin passenger ship
Shipping company	Viking River Cruises
Shipyard	Neptun shipyard (51 ships); Meyer Werft (5 ships)
Construction period	Since 2012
Units built	56
Cruising areas	European waterways
Ship dimensions and crew
length	135.00 m ( Lüa )
width	11.45 m
Draft	Max. 2.00 m
displacement	2,000 t
measurement	3138 GT
crew	45
Machine system
machine	Diesel- electric drive : ; 4 × AEM WH 315 ML4 ; with 315 kW each ; (main drive) ; 2 × Schottel-SPJ 82 RD; with 340 kW each ; ( bow thruster )
Machine ; performance	1,260 kW (1,713 hp)
Top ; speed	11 kn (20 km / h)
Energy ; supply	2 × diesel engines ( Caterpillar C32 Acert), ; each 994 kW ; 2 × diesel engines (Caterpillar C18 Acert), ; each 383 kW
Generator ; power	2,754 kW (3,744 hp)
propeller	4 × double propeller pods; ( Schottel-STP 200 )
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers	190
Pax cabins	95
Others
Classifications	Germanic Lloyd

The cabin passenger ships of the series of the Viking Longships are river and canal inland passenger motor ships of larger design of the shipping company Viking River Cruises . The series is named after the working title of the Neptun shipyard in Rostock . So far, the series comprises 54 ships (as of 2019) . All Viking Longships have names from Nordic mythology and are registered in Basel .

history

planning

Viking Prestige , the direct predecessor of the Viking Longships

After sufficient experience had been gained with the Viking Legend, built in 2009 by the shipbuilding and development company Tangermünde, with the diesel-electric propulsion system used for the first time on river cruise ships , Viking River Cruises decided to have this energy-saving propulsion system installed in their next new ship. The Neptun shipyard in Rostock-Warnemünde received the construction contract with the option for two more ships . From November 23, 2010, an almost identical ship, the Viking Prestige , was built there , but in contrast to the sister ship, four generators were installed instead of three for better load distribution. When the keel was laid , the shipping company announced the shipyard order for four more ships, which should be delivered in spring 2012. Under the project name Viking Longships, the shipping company and shipyard, together with the Norwegian ship architects Yran & Storbraaten and the interior designers from Rottet Studios, Los Angeles, developed a completely new type of ship that had a significantly lower water displacement compared to its predecessor with a larger usable area. The keel of the type ship was laid on May 3, 2011 under construction number S.521. The ship, which was completed on February 10, 2012, was delivered to Viking River Cruises the following month. Since names from Norse mythology had been provided for all ships in the series , the first built was given the name of Odin, the father of the gods .

Construction, delivery, new building planning

Three Viking Longships under construction at the Neptun shipyard

Six ships were delivered in 2012, ten followed in 2013. By June 2014, another 14 longships were registered by Viking River Cruises AG in Basel.

Of these 30 ships to date, 25 were built at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock; there the ships are manufactured in section construction in the 245 m long hall 8 . The fully welded hulls are lowered into the water with a ship lift , where the final construction takes place. After a few test drives on the Baltic Sea, the glass surfaces in the bow area and in the lower and middle decks are clad with wood. If the sea is expected to be calm, the ships sail under their own power over the Kiel Canal along the East Frisian Islands to the IJsselmeer . The destination of the transfer trip is usually Arnhem , where the ships are equipped with the necessary inventory by the shipping company.

For capacity reasons , the ships Viking Alsvin , Viking Bestla , Viking Eistla and Viking Ingvi were planned for the Meyer Werft in Papenburg and manufactured there. The production of the Viking Lif was also subsequently relocated to Papenburg, but the ship retained its hull number S.543 from the Neptun shipyard, which had already been assigned.

In addition to two ships that are to be specially designed for use on the Elbe, the shipping company has announced eleven further longships for 2015. The financing package from KfW IPEX-Bank for this order was EUR 288.9 million over a term of 90 months . In the spring of 2016, another six newbuildings from the Neptun shipyard are to be put into service. There are also options for six units.

In October 2017, six more ships were ordered for delivery in 2019.

Mass ship christenings

Ship christening of the Viking Odin and the Viking Idun on March 21, 2012 in Amsterdam

The Viking Longships were christened at ceremonies at which several ships were christened. The first of these events took place on March 21, 2012 when the ships Viking Odin and Viking Idun were christened in Amsterdam and at the same time Viking Freya and Viking Njord in Rostock.

The naming ceremony on March 20, 2013 comprised ten ships and was recognized as the record "The Most Ships Inaugurated in One Day by One Company" and entered in the Guinness Book of Records . In Amsterdam, the Viking Bragi , Viking Aegir , Viking Skadi and Viking Embla were baptized and in Rostock the Viking Forseti , Viking Tor , Viking Var , Viking Atla , Viking Rinda and Viking Jarl .

In March 2014, made ship christenings of a total of 18 units. On March 17th, the nine Viking Longships Viking Alsvin , Viking Baldur , Viking Bestla , Viking Delling , Viking Eistla , Viking Gullveig , Viking Ingvi , Viking Lif and Viking Magni were christened in Amsterdam . On March 18, the Viking Buri , Viking Hermod and Viking Heimdal received their names in Avignon in a celebration and on the same day in Rostock Viking Hlin , Viking Idi , Viking Kara and Viking Kvasir . The two shorter ships Viking Torgil and Viking Hemming were christened in Porto on March 21st .

On March 24, 2015 ten longships were christened at the same time - eight in Amsterdam and two in Rostock. Viking Eir , Viking Gefjon , Viking Lofn , Viking Mani , Viking Modi , Viking Skirnir , Viking Ve and Viking Vidar were christened in Amsterdam, Viking Mimir and Viking Vili in Rostock, where at the same time two other smaller ships of the shipping company for use on the Elbe were baptized. Godparents were selected employees of Viking River Cruises.

Six other units were christened on March 19, 2019: Viking Ullur and Viking Sigyn in Warnemünde, Viking Tir and Viking Vali in Brunsbüttel and Viking Sigrun and Viking Einar in Basel.

commitment

The cruises with the ships of the series are offered by Viking River Cruises exclusively on the English-speaking tourism market. The shipping company initially used the ships delivered first on the Rhine , Main and Danube . Since spring 2014 the Moselle , Rhone , Saône , Dordogne , Garonne and Gironde have also been used. The four ships Viking Buri , Forseti , Hermod and Heimdal intended for the French sailing areas were transferred to their new locations in early February with dock ships . In addition, in March 2014, specifically for use on the were Douro built Viking Hemming and Viking Torgil put into operation, similar to the Longships visually, but are markedly shorter with 79.85 meters. With the Viking Osfrid and the Viking Helgrim , the Duero fleet now consists of four ships.

technical description

Hull, decks and fittings

Almost blunted bow of the Viking Tor

Viking Embla's viewing lounge

Viking Longships are four-deck cabin ships whose design was developed by the Norwegian architects Yran & Storbraaten and the Rottet Studios in Los Angeles. The novel shape of the foredeck , in which the bow was extended almost bluntly above the waterline , gives this series an unmistakable appearance. The hull consists of welded steel plates on frames and is divided into seven watertight compartments with bulkheads to protect against uncontrollable ingress of water . The double floor is interrupted in the areas of the engine rooms.

The ships have 95 double cabins in eight different categories. They have a floor area between 12.5 and 41 m² and are each equipped with a double bed, a shower room and a large flat screen TV. On the main and upper deck, the cabins have either a French balcony or a veranda . The accommodations for the 45 crew members are located aft on the lower deck. In the bow of the main deck which is galley to which the buffet restaurant followed. Above the kitchen on the upper deck is the open "Aquavit terrace", which was equipped with half-height glass walls all around. The transition area to the viewing lounge, in which the bar is also located, is designed like a winter garden . To protect the wind from the wind, this area can be closed at the front with sliding walls. The on-board bar is located in the viewing lounge with upholstered furniture and small tables. The entrance hall extends over the main and upper deck and is designed like an atrium . Ceiling glazing means that there is no need for lamps in this area in daylight. In addition to the reception and the on-board shop, an internet corner and a library were set up there. The main and upper decks can also be reached by passengers with walking difficulties using an elevator. In addition to seating and lounging areas, the sun deck is equipped with a chess field and a putting green. The relaxation areas can be protected from the weather with awnings and umbrellas. In addition, a herb garden was created for the galley on a small area . On the older ships built in 2012, the edge areas of the sun deck are clad with solar panels, the electricity from which is fed into the on-board network. On ships built from 2013 onwards, these solar panels are located on the roof of the two suites at the stern of the ship. In the aft area of the upper deck there is also a display on which the passengers are informed about the current energy generation of the solar panels.

Power supply, drive and control

Caterpillar C18 Acert, one of the Viking Odin's four diesel engines

The concept of the diesel-electric drive and power supply system from E-powered Marine Solutions in Hamburg , which, according to the shipping company, enables fuel savings of up to 20 percent, is unusual for river cruise ships . Two generators each were installed in two structurally separate engine rooms in the stern and in the foredeck , the necessary mechanical energy being generated by a Caterpillar C32 Acert and a C18 Acert. In contrast to other diesel-electric systems, the four generators are not synchronized with each other. Each C32 twelve-cylinder produces a maximum of 994 kW at 1820-1830 rpm and drives an asynchronous machine and the C18 six -cylinder produces a maximum of 383 kW (ships built in 2012) or 492 kW (from year of construction 2013) at 1500 rpm and drive synchronous machines. The generated electrical power of a maximum of 2750 kW is fed into two separable intermediate circuits as direct current at a voltage of approx. 1000 V via a converter . All electrical consumers draw their energy from this, which in turn is converted into three-phase current by converters. In this way, voltage fluctuations in the vehicle electrical system are avoided. Depending on the power requirement, the diesel engines are automatically switched on or off via an energy management system. The front C18 generator was sealed off from the actual engine room and can therefore be used as an emergency power generator . The newer ships built from 2013 onwards have an additional emergency generator with 179 kVA. This allows more flexible operation of all four other generators for generating energy, since one of the generators is no longer reserved as an emergency generator.

It is driven and controlled by four three-bladed Schottel STP 200 double propellers that can be rotated through 360 °, each of which is operated by a 315 kW asynchronous electric motor of the type WH 315 ML 4 from AEM Dessau . This drive concept gives the ship a maximum speed of 20 km / h. Two Schottel SPJ 82 RD with 340 kW each are available as bow thrusters and, if necessary, as emergency drives . Four ships built in 2013 (pp. 539–542) have four Schottel SCD 200s , each of which is driven by a permanently excited electric motor of the type SMPW 250 M16 from the manufacturer Ramme with an output of 360 kW.

Ship overview

- sorted alphabetically by name -

Building name	Construction year	Shipyard	Build number	ENI number	Shipping Register Inserted	Baptism (date, place, godmother)
Viking Aegir	2012	Neptune shipyard	P.526	07001957	August 14, 2012	March 20, 2013, Amsterdam, Eszter Völner
Viking Alruna	2016	Neptune shipyard	P.565	07002038	February 25, 2016	March 1st 2016, Amsterdam Michelle Chimko
Viking Alsvin	2014	Meyer shipyard	P.704	07001989	March 26, 2014	March 17th 2014, Amsterdam, Mary Berry
Viking Atla	2013	Neptune shipyard	P.536	07001968	August 20, 2013	March 20, 2013, Rostock, Birgit Brandner-Wallner
Viking Baldur	2013	Neptune shipyard	P.537	07001969	August 20, 2013	17th March 2014, Amsterdam, Kathryn Burney-Mazza
Viking Bestla	2014	Meyer shipyard	P.703	07001988	March 26, 2014	March 17th 2014, Amsterdam, Pam Young
Viking Bragi	2013	Neptune shipyard	P.528	07001961	February 26, 2013	March 20, 2013, Amsterdam, Dertje Meijer
Viking Buri	2014	Neptune shipyard	P.540	07001978	January 9, 2014	March 18, 2014, Avignon, Mireille Mathieu
Viking Delling	2014	Neptune shipyard	P.542	07001982	February 27, 2014	March 17th 2014, Amsterdam, Ayako Ward
Viking Egil	2016	Neptune shipyard	P.566	07002039	February 25, 2016	March 1st 2016, Amsterdam Jennifer Gasser
Viking Einar	2019	Neptune shipyard				March 19, 2019, Basel
Viking Eir	2015	Neptune shipyard	P.550	07002021	March 11, 2015	March 24, 2015 Amsterdam, Clare Armitage
Viking Eistla	2014	Meyer shipyard	P.702	07001987	March 26, 2014	March 17th 2014, Amsterdam, Geraldine Ree
Viking Embla	2012	Neptune shipyard	P.525	07001956	5th July 2012	March 20, 2013, Amsterdam, Zhang Ling
Viking Forseti	2013	Neptune shipyard	P.533	07001965	22. May 2013	March 20, 2013, Rostock, Alexandra Lobkowicz
Viking Freya	2012	Neptune shipyard	P.523	07001954	April 17, 2012	March 21, 2012, Rostock, Rebecca Eaton
Viking Gefjon	2015	Neptune shipyard	P.555	07002016	March 11, 2015	March 24, 2015 Amsterdam, Verona Thiele
Viking Gersemi	2020	Neptune shipyard	P.579
Viking Gullveig	2014	Neptune shipyard	P.544	07001984	February 27, 2014	March 17th 2014, Amsterdam, Hanh Haley
Viking Heimdal	2014	Neptune shipyard	P.541	07001979	January 9, 2014	18th March 2014, Avignon, Susie Barrie
Viking Hermod	2014	Neptune shipyard	P.539	07001977	January 9, 2014	18th March 2014, Avignon , Anne Willan
Viking Herja	2017	Neptune shipyard	P.568	07002059	2nd March 2017	March 7, 2017, Koblenz , Stephanie Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Viking Highlight	2020	Neptune shipyard	P.579
Viking Hild	2017	Neptune shipyard	P.567	07002058	2nd March 2017	7th March 2017, Koblenz , Debbie Wiseman
Viking Hlín	2014	Neptune shipyard	P.548	07002001	June 25, 2014	March 18, 2014, Rostock, Marion Krase
Viking Idi	2014	Neptune shipyard	P.546	07001992	April 10, 2014	March 18, 2014, Rostock, Regula Oderbol
Viking Idun	2012	Neptune shipyard	P.522	07001951	March 6, 2012	March 21, 2012, Amsterdam, Lisa Randall
Viking Ingvi	2014	Meyer shipyard	P.701	07001985	February 27, 2014	17th March 2014, Amsterdam, Anne Morgan Scully
Viking Jarl	2013	Neptune shipyard	P.535	07001970	4th July 2013	March 20, 2013, Rostock, Sabine Rhabek
Viking Kadlin	2016	Neptune shipyard	P.562	07002035	February 25, 2016	March 1, 2016, Amsterdam Beth Butzlaff
Viking Kara	2014	Neptune shipyard	P.547	07002000	June 25, 2014	March 18, 2014, Rostock, Laura Pfleumer
Viking Kvasir	2014	Neptune shipyard	P.545	07001991	April 10, 2014	March 18, 2014, Rostock, Monica Petitpierre
Viking Lif	2014	Meyer shipyard	P.543	07001983	February 27, 2014	17th March 2014, Amsterdam, Sarah Henshall
Viking Lofn	2015	Neptune shipyard	P.551	07002020	March 11, 2015	March 24, 2015 Amsterdam, Karoline Landa
Viking Magni	2013	Neptune shipyard	P.538	07001972	5th September 2013	March 17th 2014, Amsterdam, Vicky Garcia
Viking Mani	2014	Neptune shipyard	P.549	07002003	August 12, 2014	March 24th 2015, Amsterdam, Julie Rosoff
Viking Mimir	2015	Neptune shipyard	P.557	07002025	April 29, 2015	March 24, 2015 Rostock, Jana Hudakova
Viking modes	2015	Neptune shipyard	P.554	07002017	March 11, 2015	March 24, 2015 Amsterdam, Faye Pirie
Viking Njord	2012	Neptune shipyard	P.524	07001955	April 26, 2012	March 21, 2012, Rostock, Gail Wiswedel
Viking Odin	2012	Neptune shipyard	P.521	07001950	February 21, 2012	March 21, 2012, Amsterdam Joanna Lumley
Viking Rinda	2013	Neptune shipyard	P.534	07001966	6th June 2013	March 20, 2013, Rostock, Agapi Stassinopoulos
Viking Rolf	2016	Neptune shipyard	P.563	07002037	February 25, 2016	March 1, 2016, Amsterdam Lisa Anciaux
Viking Sigrun	2019	Neptune shipyard				March 19, 2019, Basel
Viking Sigyn	2019	Neptune shipyard	577	07002115		March 19, 2019, Warnemünde
Viking Skadi	2013	Neptune shipyard	P.527	07001960	February 26, 2013	March 20th 2013, Amsterdam, Lady Fiona Carnarvon
Viking Skirnir	2015	Neptune shipyard	P.553	07002018	March 11, 2015	March 24th 2015 Amsterdam, Donora Anderson
Viking gate	2013	Neptune shipyard	P.531	07001962	March 27, 2013	March 20, 2013, Rostock, Marit Barstad
Viking Tialfi	2016	Neptune shipyard	P.564	07002036	February 25, 2016	1st March 2016, Amsterdam Sinead O'Connell
Viking Tir	2019	Neptune shipyard				March 19, 2019, Brunsbüttel
Viking Ullur	2019	Neptune shipyard				March 19, 2019, Warnemünde
Viking Vali	2019	Neptune shipyard				March 19, 2019, Brunsbüttel
Viking var	2013	Neptune shipyard	P.532	07001963	April 16, 2013	March 20, 2013, Rostock, Geraldine Norman
Viking Ve	2015	Neptune shipyard	P.556	07002015	March 11, 2015	March 24, 2015 Amsterdam, Miriam Kajuchova
Viking Vidar	2015	Neptune shipyard	P.552	07002019	March 11, 2015	March 24, 2015 Amsterdam, Kornelia Pfeiffenberger
Viking Vilhjalm	2016	Neptune shipyard	P.561	07002034	February 25, 2016	March 1st 2016, Amsterdam Beryl Gibson
Viking Vili	2015	Neptune shipyard	P.558	07002026	April 29, 2015	March 24, 2015 Rostock, Henrieta Balisova

Accidents

f1 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap - chronological -

The Viking Bragi rammed a scaffolding at the St. Anna Bridge near Riedenburg on June 18, 2016 at around 02:00 in the morning with 170 travelers and 50 crew members manned on the Altmühl , which has been expanded into the Main-Danube Canal . ⊙ The ship drove through the bridge on the blocked side when traveling uphill. There were no injuries, but property damage of around 800,000 euros. The Viking Bragi had already wrecked a bridge on the Rhine in 2013.48.96334 11.6845

On June 19, 2016, the Viking Tor touched a pillar of the bridge on the Regensburg – Ingolstadt railway line on the Danube near Poikam in Bad Abbach and stood across. ⊙ There was only property damage, the recovery of the 186 passengers and 51 crew members was difficult because of the current conditions there and was carried out with a turntable ladder from the shore.48.9276 12.01049

The Viking Skadi ran aground in the early morning hours of August 19, 2016 with 226 passengers on board on the Rhine near Rees / Kalkar and got stuck there.

The Viking Freya had an accident on the Main-Danube Canal near Erlangen in the night from 10 to 11 September 2016 at 1:30 a.m. because the wheelhouse was not lowered in time. It rammed first the bridge of the district road ER 2 , which is called Sylvaniastraße there, and then the railway bridge of the industrial railway line, on which the ship came to rest immediately north of the Frauenaurach area at MDK-km 47.6. ⊙ A skipper and another crew member died in the collision. The recovery of the 181 passengers and 49 crew members took several hours because an emergency bridge had to be built first, over which the mostly elderly passengers from North America could leave the wrecked ship on foot. Around 220 rescue workers were on duty there. Due to the high degree of destruction of the control station, the exact cause of the accident can no longer be determined.49.56543 10.97074

On November 1, 2016, the Viking Ingvi collided with the weir footbridge ⊙ of the Obernau lock . The wheelhouse was destroyed in the process.49.93398 9.12887 113

On the evening of May 29, 2019, the Viking Sigyn collided in Budapest near the Margaret Bridge with the small excursion ship Hableány , which overturned and sank within a few seconds. A 33-person South Korean tour group and two Hungarian crew members were on board the sunk ship. Within the first day, seven passengers were recovered alive and another seven passengers were recovered dead.

On June 5, 2019, the Viking Idi severely damaged the underwater gate of the Riedenburg lock at the entrance , which subsequently led to the Main-Danube Canal being closed for two weeks and a traffic jam of over 100 inland vessels.

Other accidents:

Further accidents of Viking longships in the 2010s:

Viking Aegir , ran aground on the Main in September 2013
Viking Forseti , who had three accidents in September 2013, a. a. near Forchheim

Web links

Commons : Viking Longships - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Deliveries and order backlog 2013. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Schiff und Hafen, February 2014, p. 34 , archived from the original on July 28, 2014 ; Retrieved July 22, 2014 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Germanischer Lloyd online register ( Memento from March 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), entries on the Viking Longships (English), accessed on March 23, 2014

↑ Press release of the Neptun shipyard from May 28, 2010 , accessed on March 26, 2014.

↑ E-Powered Marine Solutions Description of the propulsion system used in the Viking Legend ( memento of the original from March 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 26, 2014. @1@ 2

↑ Press release of the Neptun shipyard from November 24th 2010 .

^ Gene Sloan: Viking River Cruises to build 12 more ships. In: USA today. March 19, 2014, accessed on March 21, 2014 : "… Torstein Hagen said the fast-growing company in 2015 would add 10 of the groundbreaking" longships "it began rolling out in 2012 on European waterways. There will also be two other new vessels of a different design destined for the Elbe River, he said. "

↑ ^a ^b press release. New orders for NEPTUN WERFT. October 17, 2014, accessed November 5, 2014 .

↑ KfW IPEX-Bank press release of February 7, 2014 ( memento of February 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 25, 2014.

↑ Viking River Cruises orders six more river cruise ships. Neptun Werft, October 11, 2017, accessed October 11, 2017 .

↑ ^a ^b www.vikingrivercruises.com - Christening of the Viking Longships ( Memento from March 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

↑ Viking River Cruises expands fleet with 12 new ships christened in europe, long-serving viking employees honored as godmothers for new ships. Press release. Viking River Cruises, March 24, 2015, accessed March 26, 2015 .

Jump up ↑ Neptune's six-pack river cruiser. Inland navigation - The magazine for technology and logistics, March 20, 2019, accessed on March 25, 2019 .

↑ Viking River Cruises: 7 new river cruise ships officially christened. www.schiffe-und-kreuzfahrten.de, March 23, 2019, accessed on March 27, 2019 .

^ Viking Hemming and Viking Torgil. (No longer available online.) MARTIFER SGPS, SA Oliveira de Frades, Portugal, archived from the original on March 5, 2014 ; accessed on March 3, 2014 (English).

^ Douro River Cruise Ships. www.vikingrivercruises.co.uk, accessed March 27, 2019 .

↑ Deck plan of the Viking Longship ( Memento from March 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 23, 2014.

↑ Hansa International Maritime Journal, Edition 07/2012, pp. 26-29

↑ The Nordic deities are coming ( memento of the original from March 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Inland navigation - ZfB - No. 4 - 2012, pp. 36–40, accessed on March 24, 2014 (pdf) - address not relevant September 12, 2016. http://www.e-ms.eu/contact/ @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / e-ms.eu
↑ Description of the E-Powered Pack (E-PP) used in the Viking Longships. E-powered Marine Solutions, Hamburg, 2013, accessed on March 18, 2014 .
↑ World record christening of ten Viking ships. (PDF; 157kB) (No longer available online.) Inland navigation - ZfB - No. 4 - 2013, archived from the original on February 22, 2014 ; accessed on February 15, 2014 : "The units are housed in separate engine rooms at the bow and stern." Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / e-ms.eu
↑ River cruise ship christened for Viking River Cruises. (PDF) Schiff & Hafen I September 2011 I No. 9, accessed on February 15, 2014 .
↑ Database of the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce Using the search function, all entries on Viking River Cruises can be called up up to three years after they were recorded, accessed on March 12, 2014
^ Viking River Cruises Celebrates Travel Agents With Launch Of Six New Ships. Retrieved March 2, 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b NEPTUN delivers ships to Viking River Cruises. March 26, 2020, accessed March 27, 2020 .
↑ The river cruise ships “Viking Hild” and “Viking Herja” are christened in Koblenz. March 9, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2017 .
↑ Passenger ship rams bridge near Riedenburg. br.de, June 18, 2016, accessed June 19, 2016 .
↑ accident reports Viking Bragi
^ Police report on the accident in Riedenburg
↑ Sebastian Grosser: Excursion ship wrecked on the Danube. br.de, accessed on June 19, 2016 .
^ Press report, Viking Skadi accident at Rees / Kalkar
↑ Ulrike Lefherz: Two crew members die in a shipwreck. (No longer available online.) Br.de, archived from the original on September 14, 2017 ; accessed on September 11, 2016 .
↑ Press report of the Frauenaurach accident with photos
↑ Press report The cause of the accident remains unclear
^ Another accident of a Viking river cruise ship. November 4, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016 .
↑ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/schiffsunglueck-105.html
^ Franz Neumeier: Viking ship damaged Lock: Main-Danube Canal closed. www.cruisetricks.de, June 6, 2019, accessed June 18, 2019 .
↑ Broken lock Riedenburg: More than 100 ships are stuck. www.br.de, June 17, 2019, accessed on June 18, 2019 .
↑ Viking ships wrecked in the 2010s

[SH-1] Deliveries and order backlog 2013. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Schiff und Hafen, February 2014, p. 34 , archived from the original on July 28, 2014 ; Retrieved July 22, 2014 .

[GL-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Germanischer Lloyd online register ( Memento from March 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), entries on the Viking Longships (English), accessed on March 23, 2014

[3] Press release of the Neptun shipyard from May 28, 2010 , accessed on March 26, 2014.