HMS Viper (1831)

HMS Viper was a six-gun Cockatrice-class schooner built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s. She was sold for scrap in 1851.

History
United Kingdom
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:
  • 80 ft (24.4 m) (gundeck)
  • 64 ft 6 in (19.7 m) (keel)
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

Description

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]

Construction and career

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]

Notes

  1. Winfield, pp. 1202–03
  2. Winfield & Lyon, p. 138
  3. Colledge, pp. 375–76

References

  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (epub). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6.
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