| Name | Viper (1854) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| Launched | 22 July 1854 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 477 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 2 | ||
| Fate | 1862 | ||
| Class | Arrow | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 5 August 1854 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Charles Arthur Lodder, Mediterranean | ||
| 16 May 1855 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Henry Wandesford Comber, Mediterranean | ||
| 12 November 1857 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Arthur Bissell Hodgkinson, west coast of Africa | ||
| 2 February 1859 - 28 June 1859 | Commanded by Commander William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, west coast of Africa | ||
| 7 September 1859 - 14 July 1860 | Commanded by Commander William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, west coast of Africa | ||
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