British sloop 'Rattlesnake' (1791)

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Rattlesnake
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	17.1.1788	BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down	1.7.1789	BWAS-1793
Named	23.10.1788	BWAS-1793
Launched	7.1.1791	BWAS-1793
First Commissioned	2.1721	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Chatham Dockyard - Chatham	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Hound Class (1788)	BWAS-1793
Designed by	Sir John HenslowBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1761-1805	BWAS-1793
Constructor	Nicholas PhillipsBritish Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1772-1790	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Sold	3.11.1814	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck100' 0"Imperial Feet30.48
Length of Keel83' 1 ½"Imperial Feet25.3111
Breadth27' 2"Imperial Feet8.2369
Depth in Hold13' 0"Imperial Feet3.9624
Draught Forward8' 1"Imperial Feet2.4638
Draught Aft11' 5"Imperial Feet3.4798
Burthen326 ²⁸⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

7.1.1791Broadside Weight = 51.5 Imperial Pound ( 23.3556 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck16 British 6-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck14 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
7.1.1791125Design Complement

14 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
21.9.1790 - 21.11.1790Commander ADM 6/24/69ADM 6/2422.11.1790 - 14.2.1791Commander ADM 6/24/89ADM 6/2415.2.1791 - 2.9.1791Commander ADM 6/24/107BWAS-17932.9.1791 - 4.2.1793Commander ADM 6/24/131ADM 6/2420.2.1793 - 4.4.1794Commander ADM 6/24/212BWAS-179323.1.1794 - 4.4.1794Commander ADM 6/25/90BWAS-17933.1794 - 9.1796CommanderBWAS-17934.4.1794 - 6.7.1794Commander ADM 6/25/61
Issued by , Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 15.7.1794BWAS-17936.7.1794Commander ADM 6/25/56ADM 6/2511.8.1794 - 3.1794Commander ADM 6/25/74BWAS-179310.1796 - 3.1797CommanderBWAS-17933.1797 - 7.1797CommanderBWAS-17939.1797 - 12.1797CommanderBWAS-17931801 - 1802Captainref:997

10 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
12.2.1791 - 30.3.1791Lieutenant ADM 6/24/107ADM 6/2431.3.1791 - 1.9.1791First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/114ADM 6/2431.3.1791 - 1.9.1791Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/114ADM 6/242.9.1791 - 15.1.1793First Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/131ADM 6/242.9.1791 - 24.10.1791Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/131ADM 6/2425.10.1791 - 25.7.1793Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/141ADM 6/2416.1.1793 - 1793First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/194ADM 6/248.3.1793 - 1793Carpenter ADM 6/24/217ADM 6/2426.7.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/277
Issued by , Jamaica - Greater Antilles
Confirmed 23.10.1793ADM 6/241801 - 1802Lieutenantref:997

4 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
24.8.1794 - 23.10.1795Carpenter DischargedADM 29/81801 - 1802Surgeonref:9971801 - 1802Purserref:9971801 - 1802Masterref:997

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
1801-1802	British Ships on the Cape of Good Hope Station, 1801	Sir Roger Curtis (Baronet )British Naval Sailor Service 1762-1810

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 29/8 Archive

ADM 6/24 Archive

ADM 6/25 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ref:997H. H. Smith, Book

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