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Name | Viper |
Namesake | Viper |
Ordered | 11 September 1828 |
Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
Laid down | June 1830 |
Launched | 12 May 1831 |
Completed | 31 August 1831 |
Reclassified | As packet boat, 1831 |
Fate | Broken up, May 1851 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Cockatrice-class schooner |
Tons burthen | 18135/94 bm |
Length | |
Beam | 23 ft 3 in (7.1 m) |
Draught | 9 ft 5 in (2.9 m) |
Depth | 9 ft 11 in (3.0 m) |
Sail plan | brigantine rig |
Complement | 33–42 |
Armament | 2 × 6-pdr cannon; 4 × 12-pdr carronades |
HMS Viper was a six-gun Cockatrice-class schooner built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s. She was sold for scrap in 1851.
Viper had a length at the gundeck of 80 feet (24.4 m) and 64 feet 6 inches (19.7 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 23 feet 3 inches (7.1 m), a draught of about 9 feet 5 inches (2.9 m) and a depth of hold of 9 feet 11 inches (3.0 m). The ship's tonnage was 181 35/94 tons burthen. [1] The Cockatrice class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon and four 12-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 33–42 officers and ratings. [2]
Viper, the twelfth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy, [3] was ordered on 11 September 1828, laid down in June 1820 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 12 May 1831. [2] She was completed on 31 August 1831 at Plymouth Dockyard. [1]
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