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'''H.M.S. ''Viper''''' was one of forty destroyers of the [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".
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'''H.M.S. ''Viper''''' was one of forty [["C" Class Destroyer (1896)|"C" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".
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==Service==
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''Viper'' ran aground on rocks in thick fog on 3 August, 1901 while participating in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]].  A Court Martial found that Lieutenant and Commander [[William Speke]] had not kept an accurate record of courses and had failed to take suitable precautions in the fog, and his navigating Sub-Lieutenant [[Alan James Mackenzie-Grieve]] was found to have inserted courses into the ship's log after the fact, which incurred Their Lordships' displeasure.{{HepperLosses|p. 16}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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* Lieutenant [[William Speke]], in command when she was lost, 3 August, 1901.
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==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 15:59, 31 December 2019

H.M.S. Viper (1899)
Builder: C. A. Parsons & Company
hull: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[1]
Laid down: 1898[2]
Launched: 6 Sep, 1899[3]
Commissioned: 1900[4]
Stranded: 1901[5]

H.M.S. Viper was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

Viper ran aground on rocks in thick fog on 3 August, 1901 while participating in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1901. A Court Martial found that Lieutenant and Commander William Speke had not kept an accurate record of courses and had failed to take suitable precautions in the fog, and his navigating Sub-Lieutenant Alan James Mackenzie-Grieve was found to have inserted courses into the ship's log after the fact, which incurred Their Lordships' displeasure.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
  6. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 16.

Bibliography


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