&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:The_Crews_of_H.M.S._Hecla_%26_Griper_Cutting_Into_Winter_Harbour,_Sept._26th,_1819.jpg) The Crews of HMS Hecla & Griper Cutting into Winter Harbour, Sept. 26th, 1819, from the 1821 journal of the Arctic expedition
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| Name | HMS Griper |
| Ordered | 2 November 1812 |
| Builder | Richards & Davidson, Hythe, Hampshire |
| Launched | 14 July 1813 |
| Fate | Broken up November 1868 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Bold-class gun-brig |
| Tons burthen | 18160⁄94 bm |
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| Beam | 22 ft 1 in (6.73 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft 0+1⁄4 in (3.359 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 60 |
| Armament | 10 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers |
HMS Griper was a Bold-class gun-brig of the British Royal Navy, built in 1813 by Mark Williams and John Davidson at Hythe.[a] She participated in the 1819 expedition to the Arctic led by William Parry, made a voyage to Greenland and Norway in 1823, and took part in Parry's third expedition in 1824 as a support ship. Her crew in 1819, 1823, or 1824, qualified for the "Arctic Medal", which the Admiralty issued in 1857.[2] She was eventually broken up in 1868.
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 347.
- ^ "No. 21997". The London Gazette. 5 May 1857. p. 1580.
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