British schooner 'Viper' (1777)
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Viper
7340
Nominal Guns
10
B028
Nationality
Great Britain
Operator
Royal Navy
Purchased
17.7.1777
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Shipyard
Unknown
B028
Category
Unrated
B028
Ship Type
Schooner
B028
Sold
2.1780
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Dimensions
Dimension
Measurement
Type
Metric Equivalent
BWAS-1714
Burthen
149
Tons BM
Armament
7.1777
Broadside Weight = 15 Imperial Pound ( 6.8025 kg)
BWAS-1714
Gun Deck
10 British 3-Pounder
Crew Complement
Date
# of Men
Notes
Source
7.1777
50
BWAS-1714
2 Ship Commanders
Dates
Rank
Name
Source
17.7.1777
-
6.8.1779
Lieutenant
Edward Pakenham
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1758-1790
ADM 6/22/42
Issued by
Lord Richard Howe (4
th
Viscount Howe)
British
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1736-1799
,
North America
Confirmed
27.10.1779
ADM 6/22
6.8.1779
-
12.1.1780
Lieutenant
Monine Hollingberry
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1810
Transfered ADM 6/22/80
Issued by
Richard Edwards
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1794
,
Newfoundland -
Canada
Confirmed
20.1.1780
BWAS-1714
Service History
Date
Event
Source
9.9.1779
Siege of Savannah
2.1780
Sold in New York
BWAS-1714
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
ADM 6/22
ADM 6/22 Commission and Warrant Book 1779 July-1782
Archive
B028
Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I
J. J. Colledge
,
Book
BWAS-1714
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792
Rif Winfield
,
Book
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