British sloop 'Snake' (1797)

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Snake
Nominal Guns	18	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	19.12.1796	BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down	1.1797	BWAS-1793
Named	23.11.1797	BWAS-1793
Launched	18.12.1797	BWAS-1793
First Commissioned	2.1798	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Built by Contract	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Snake Class	BWAS-1793
Designed by	William Rule (d.1816)	BWAS-1793
Constructor	Balthazar Adams (1766-1821)	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Sold	18.4.1816	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck100' 1 ½"Imperial Feet30.4927
Length of Keel77' 4"Imperial Feet23.4841
Breadth30' 7 ½"Imperial Feet9.1567
Depth in Hold12' 9"Imperial Feet3.7719
Draught Forward8' 0"Imperial Feet2.4384
Draught Aft10' 6"Imperial Feet3.2004
Burthen385 ⁷⁵⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

18.12.1797Broadside Weight = 262 Imperial Pound ( 118.817 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck16 British 32-Pound Carronade
Bow Chaser2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
20.12.1796121Design Complement

9 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
2.1798 - 1800CommanderJohn Mason Lewis (d.1835)BWAS-17931.1801 - 14.2.1801CommanderCharles TinlingBWAS-179314.2.1801 - 24.8.1804CommanderWilliam Roberts (d.1811)BWAS-17931805 - 22.1.1806CommanderSir James BowenBWAS-17933.1806CommanderEdward CroftonBWAS-17937.1807 - 11.1810CommanderThomas Young (1784-1831)BWAS-179311.1810 - 12.8.1812CommanderWilliam HellardBWAS-179312.8.1812 - 2.1814CommanderGeorge RobbinBWAS-179316.2.1814 - 1815CommanderJoseph GapeBWAS-1793

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
10.8.1811 - 31.1.1814LieutenantJames AtkinsNBD18495.4.1815 - 31.10.1815First LieutenantJohn Norman Campbell (d.1849)NBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
1.1797Began building at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire
18.12.1797Completed building at Buckler's Hard - Hampshire at a cost of £4576.0.0d
21.12.1797Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
29.4.1798Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £5491.0.0dBWAS-1793
10.11.1799Took the Schooner L'Hirondelle (14) off Beachy head
1801Sailed with a convoy to West AfricaBWAS-1793
12.1801Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1793
3.1807Began middling repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
7.1807RecommissionedBWAS-1793
8.1807Completed middling repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
4.1809Began fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1793
5.1809Refitted as a 18 gun Unrated Unknown
5.1809Completed fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1793
10.1809Took the Privateer Christiana (8) off Bergen
18.4.1816Sold at Sheerness for £820BWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

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