HMS Rattlesnake (1822)

HMS Rattlesnake was an Atholl-class 28-gun sixth-rate corvette of the Royal Navy launched in 1822. She made a historic voyage of discovery to the Cape York and Torres Strait areas of northern Australia.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Rattlesnake.

Rattlesnake, painted by Sir Oswald Walters Brierly, 1853
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Rattlesnake
Ordered30 April 1818
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid downAugust 1819
Launched26 March 1822
Commissioned8 May 1824
Reclassified
  • Troopship 1839
  • Survey vessel in 1845
FateBroken up at Chatham in January 1860
General characteristics
Class and typeAtholl-class 28-gun sixth-rate corvette
Tons burthen499 91/94 bm
Length
  • 113 ft 8 in (34.6 m) (gundeck)
  • 94 ft 8+3⁄4 in (28.9 m) (keel)
Beam31 ft 6 in (9.6 m)
Depth of hold8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement175
Armament
  • Upper deck: 20 x 32-pdr (25cwt) carronades
  • Quarterdeck: 6 x 18-pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 x 9-pdr guns
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