British sloop 'Snake' (1777)

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Snake
Nominal Guns	14	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Merchant ship 'La Seine' (1776) (Unknown) 1776-1777 French Unknown Gun Merchant Ship
Captured	5.4.1777	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Le Havre - Normandy	NNF-1774
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Sold	2.4.1783	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck95' 6"Imperial Feet28.9865
Length of Keel78' 0"Imperial Feet23.7744
Breadth27' 0"Imperial Feet8.2296
Depth in Hold12' 7"Imperial Feet3.7465
Burthen302 ⁴⁸⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

5.1777Broadside Weight = 28 Imperial Pound ( 12.698 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck14 British 4-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
5.1779125 BWAS-1714
9.178050as a slop shipBWAS-1714

6 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
11.5.1779 - 31.8.1780CommanderBWAS-171419.9.1780 - 3.11.1780Lieutenant ADM 6/22/173ADM 6/223.11.1780 - 23.11.1780Lieutenant ADM 6/22/191ADM 6/2223.11.1780 - 4.4.1781CommanderBWAS-17144.4.1781 - 16.10.1782Lieutenant ADM 6/22/272BWAS-171416.10.1782 - 24.2.1783Lieutenant ADM 6/22/529ADM 6/22

Service History

DateEventSource
8.1779Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
11.1779Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £2174.16.4dBWAS-1714
1780In the ChannelBWAS-1714
9.1780Refitted as a Unrated Slop Ship

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/22 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

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