For the funeral of her beloved fish, a Canadian girl and her father built a Viking ship to send the pet straight to the gates of Valhalla.

Imgur user Chilly911 wrote the fish, Peeping Tom, died after her father inadvertently placed its bowl in the dark.

To make up for the murder, the father agreed to building a 'badass' ship to give the fish a Norse funeral, a tradition in which Vikings sometimes buried their dead on flaming ships.

For the funeral of her beloved fish, a Canadian girl and her father built a Viking ship to send the pet straight to the gates of Valhalla. Peeping Tom's mourning owner built a funeral pyre of matches on board the ship

A plastic troll figure as masthead and a dragon sail completed the magnificent ship

On board the ship, Tom was placed on a bed of matches that formed a funeral pyre for the precious fish

The ship was then launched in a drainage ditch and set alight. 'Rest in Paradise sweet Tom. You will be missed by many,' his mourning owner wrote

After another user pointed out the irony in giving a fish a funeral that could kill other fish by poisoning their water, Chilly911 wrote that the drainage led nowhere, and that the boat was thrown in the trash after the ceremony