Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Viper, or HMS Vipere, after the members of the Viperidae family:

Other vessels

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HM Customs and Excise and the Bombay Marine, the naval arm of the East India Company, also had cutters or other vessels named Viper.

References

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Citations

  1. ^ Hepper (1994), p.75.
  2. ^ "No. 13622". The London Gazette. 8 February 1794. p. 130.
  3. ^ Hepper (1994), p.83.
  4. ^ "No. 17705". The London Gazette. 12 May 1821. p. 1025.

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