HMS Viper (1831)

History
United Kingdom
NameViper
NamesakeViper
Ordered11 September 1828
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downJune 1830
Launched12 May 1831
Completed31 August 1831
ReclassifiedAs packet boat, 1831
FateBroken up, May 1851
General characteristics
Class & typeCockatrice-class schooner
Tons burthen18135/94 bm
Length
  • 80 ft (24.4 m) (gundeck)
  • 64 ft 6 in (19.7 m) (keel)
Beam23 ft 3 in (7.1 m)
Draught9 ft 5 in (2.9 m)
Depth9 ft 11 in (3.0 m)
Sail planbrigantine rig
Complement33–42
Armament2 × 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.

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