Name | Viper (1854) | Explanation | |
Type | Gunvessel | ||
Launched | 22 July 1854 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Screw | ||
Builders measure | 477 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 2 | ||
Fate | 1862 | ||
Class | Arrow | ||
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Note | |||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
5 August 1854 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Charles Arthur Lodder, Mediterranean | ||
16 May 1855 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Henry Wandesford Comber, Mediterranean | ||
12 November 1857 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Arthur Bissell Hodgkinson, west coast of Africa | ||
2 February 1859 - 28 June 1859 | Commanded by Commander William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, west coast of Africa | ||
7 September 1859 - 14 July 1860 | Commanded by Commander William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, west coast of Africa |
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