HMS Viper (1777) was the Massachusetts privateer schooner Viper that
HMS Perseus captured on 26 September 1776. She was purchased in 1777 and broken up in New York in 1779.
HMS Viper was a 14-gun cutter purchased in 1780 as Greyhound; in 1781 she was renamed Viper. She was sold in 1809.
HMS Vipere (1793) was a 4-gun
xebec, formerly a French
privateer. She was captured in 1793, but foundered in Hyères Bay later that year during the evacuation of
Toulon.[1]
HMS Vipere (1794) was a 16-gun
brig-sloop, formerly a French privateer, which
Flora captured in 1794.[2]Vipere foundered in the estuary of the
River Shannon on 2 January 1797 with the loss of her entire crew of 120 men.[3]
HMS Viper (1794) was a 4-gun Dutch
hoy purchased in 1794 and broken up in 1802.
HMS Viper (1807) was launched at Cowes in 1805 as the mercantile schooner Princess Charlotte. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1807. The 4-gun schooner disappeared in February 1809 while sailing from Cadiz to Gibraltar and was presumed to have foundered with all hands.
HMS Viper (1809) was an 8-gun cutter launched in 1809 as the civilian vessel Niger. She was purchased that same year and sold in 1814.
HMS Viper (1810) was a 10-gun
gun-brig purchased in 1810. She was possibly renamed Mohawk later that year, and is not present on the navy list of 1811.
HMS Viper (1865) was an iron armoured gunvessel launched in 1865. She was used for harbour service from 1890, as a tank vessel from 1901 and was sold in 1908.
Grocott, Terence (1997) Shipwrecks of the revolutionary & Napoleonic eras (Chatham).
ISBN1-86176-030-2
Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot.
ISBN0-948864-30-3.
Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth.
ISBN978-1-86176-246-7.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
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HMS Viper (1777) was the Massachusetts privateer schooner Viper that
HMS Perseus captured on 26 September 1776. She was purchased in 1777 and broken up in New York in 1779.
HMS Viper was a 14-gun cutter purchased in 1780 as Greyhound; in 1781 she was renamed Viper. She was sold in 1809.
HMS Vipere (1793) was a 4-gun
xebec, formerly a French
privateer. She was captured in 1793, but foundered in Hyères Bay later that year during the evacuation of
Toulon.[1]
HMS Vipere (1794) was a 16-gun
brig-sloop, formerly a French privateer, which
Flora captured in 1794.[2]Vipere foundered in the estuary of the
River Shannon on 2 January 1797 with the loss of her entire crew of 120 men.[3]
HMS Viper (1794) was a 4-gun Dutch
hoy purchased in 1794 and broken up in 1802.
HMS Viper (1807) was launched at Cowes in 1805 as the mercantile schooner Princess Charlotte. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1807. The 4-gun schooner disappeared in February 1809 while sailing from Cadiz to Gibraltar and was presumed to have foundered with all hands.
HMS Viper (1809) was an 8-gun cutter launched in 1809 as the civilian vessel Niger. She was purchased that same year and sold in 1814.
HMS Viper (1810) was a 10-gun
gun-brig purchased in 1810. She was possibly renamed Mohawk later that year, and is not present on the navy list of 1811.
HMS Viper (1865) was an iron armoured gunvessel launched in 1865. She was used for harbour service from 1890, as a tank vessel from 1901 and was sold in 1908.
Grocott, Terence (1997) Shipwrecks of the revolutionary & Napoleonic eras (Chatham).
ISBN1-86176-030-2
Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot.
ISBN0-948864-30-3.
Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth.
ISBN978-1-86176-246-7.
List of ships with the same or similar names
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.