HMS Viper LIX

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Viper_LIX
GPTKB entity
Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 4 × 4.5 in guns
4 × 21 in torpedo tubes
8 × 2.0 in AA guns
depth charge throwers
gptkbp:beam 36 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1944
gptkbp:crew 190
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:English_Channel
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
North_Atlantic
gptkbp:displacement 1,690 tons
gptkbp:draft 11 ft
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal 1950s
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Anti-submarine warfare
Amphibious operations
Naval gunfire support
Convoy protection
Naval escort duties
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Viper LIX
gptkbp:launched 1943
gptkbp:length 362 ft
gptkbp:notableEvent Operation Overlord
D-Day landings
Operation Neptune
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Navy
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Navy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Viper_II
gptkbp:role escort
gptkbp:serviceYears 1940-1945
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Viper_II
gptkb:HMS_Vesper
gptkb:HMS_Valiant
gptkb:HMS_Vigilant
HMS Vengeance
gptkbp:speed 36 knots
gptkbp:type V-class destroyer