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 (49.520666666667, -2.4196666666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Adamandios georgandis (possibly)
2. Agenoria
3. Agrion
4. Ambassadrice
5. Antonis g lemos (probably)
6. Armas
7. Baden
8. Beatrice maud
9. Beauport
10. Belle colombe
11. Bess mitchell
12. Bohera
13. Bonafide
14. Bremenry
15. Brighton
16. British influence
17. Bronte (ex-war coney)
18. Buchanness
19. Cab
20. Cabo villano
21. Calvados
22. Cap horn des mers
23. Carpathia
24. Carrouest one (possibly)
25. Carrouest one (possibly)
26. Channel queen
27. Cid
28. Citta de bari
29. Clarrie
30. Constantia s (after part)(possibly)
31. Constantia s (after part)(possibly)
32. Constantia s (fwd part)
33. Corail
34. Dambuster
35. Discovery
36. Dr rudolf wahrendorff
37. Edirne
38. Eika
39. Eleni stathatou
40. Ella
41. Emily eveson
42. Empress
43. Felix de abasolo
44. Fermain
45. Finnborg
46. Ford power
47. Foreland
48. Forth
49. Gairsoppa
50. Ginette
51. Guilding star
52. Hms ashanti (bow section)
53. Hms dragon
54. Hms edgehill
55. Hms rhyl
56. Hms viper
57. Hmsm affray
58. Hopper
59. Ievoli sun
60. Jeanne
61. Johan (possibly)
62. Josef joham (stern half) (probably)
63. Jules
64. Karen folmer
65. La havre
66. Le nord
67. Le poilu
68. Lenda
69. Linn o dee (or linn o dec)
70. Liverpool
71. M 483
72. Mahenge (possibly)
73. Makeshift (possibly)
74. Marie mashman
75. Mary toovey
76. Maud pierre andre (possibly)
77. Mera 1
78. Mersey
79. Mimosa
80. Motorola
81. Nyarlathotep
82. Oost vlaanderen
83. Pan
84. Pembroke
85. Pendragon b
86. Peras
87. Perra (possibly)
88. Phoenix c1/131
89. Pizarro
90. Point law
91. Portsea
92. Progress
93. Pruthree
94. Psi
95. Rabbi
96. Rap
97. Regina coeli (possibly)
98. Rfa bacchus
99. Rhenania
100. Rontegui
101. Saint antoine
102. Solway prince (possibly)
103. Stade (after part)
104. Stade (possibly)
105. Stanley force
106. Stella (probably)
107. Terra
108. Tyne
109. U 672 (possibly)
110. Ullyses
111. Victorine
112. Ville de malaga
113. Waverley

 

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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