HMS Viper XCIII

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
4 × 40 mm Bofors guns
4 × QF 4.5 inch guns
gptkbp:awardedBy Battle Honours
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1944
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:crewSize 200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1947
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
NATO_operations
North_Atlantic
gptkbp:displacement 1,500 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:finalDisposal 1950s
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
Captain_Robert_Green
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Anti-submarine warfare
Naval gunfire support
Escort_duties
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Viper XCIII
gptkbp:launched 1943
gptkbp:length 76.5 meters
gptkbp:navalFleet gptkb:HMNB_Portsmouth
gptkbp:notableEvent Humanitarian assistance
Rescue missions
Naval exercises
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:operationalArea European_waters
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn Operation Overlord
D-Day landings
Operation Dragoon
Korean_War_operations
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × steam turbines
gptkbp:range 3,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy Type 42 destroyers
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
Admiralty
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Viper_II
gptkb:HMS_Vigilant
HMS Vengeance
gptkbp:speed 36 knots
gptkbp:type V-class destroyer