This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms viper, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 44.233 N,2 16.533 W (49.737217, -2.275550)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: HMS VIPER

Length 64 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 440 ton

Cause: 3.8.74 ran aground on renoquet island burhou islands, alderney. was taking part in the channel squadron's summer manoeuvres of 1901 when her co, lt william speke rn, on saturday 3rd august, at 1735, wrecked the world's first turbine driven warship on renonquet reef off alderney. launched on 6 september 1899 and was almost two years old when lost. 'viper' was firmly on renonquet reef at a position between black rock and west southwest renonquet. impossible to recover anything from her four turbines. on 17 august 1901 fleet tug 'seahorse' with a party from hms vernon arrived at alderney to blow up the wreck. her remains were sold to agnes & co, southampton, for ú100, who took what they could, leaving much wreckage where it remains to this day. discoveries made by divers in the summer of 1973 included several brass scuttle frames and brass oil lamps. (the mariner's mirror, 3.8.74).

Water depth above wreck: 4 meter

Known since: 1901

Details measurements/cartography: RAN AGROUND ON RENOQUET ISLAND BURHOU ISLANDS WK IN PA 494414N 021632W. FOR FILING ONLY. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 44.233 N,2 16.533 W

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