HMS Viper (1865)

HMS Viper was an armoured iron gunboat, the only ship of her class, and the fourteenth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Viper.

A contemporary cut away diagram of Viper
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Viper
Ordered22 March 1864
BuilderJ & W Dudgeon, Cubitt Town, London
Cost£51,127
Laid down1864
Launched21 December 1865
Commissioned1866
Fate
  • Harbour service 1890
  • Tank vessel 1901
  • Sold at Bermuda 1908
General characteristics
Displacement1,228 tons
Tons burthen737 bm
Length160 ft (49 m) pp
Beam32 ft (9.8 m)
Draught11 ft (3.4 m)
Installed power696 ihp (519 kW)
Propulsion
  • Two 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engines by Maudslay, Sons & Field
  • Twin screws
Sail planBarquentine rig (removed 1873)
Speed9.5 kn (17.6 km/h)
Complement80
Armament
  • 2 × 7-inch (6½-ton) muzzle-loading rifled guns
  • 2 × RBL 20-pounder guns
Armour4.5 in (11 cm) iron belt and bulkheads with 10 in (25 cm) of teak backing
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