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CRUISERS

SNAKE sailing sloops (1798-1828)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Snake     Balthazar & Edward Adams, Bucklers Hard 1.1797 18.12.1797 29.4.1798 brig 5.1809, sold 4.1816
Victor     Josiah & Thomas Brindley, King's Lynn 4.1797 19.3.1798 18.6.1798 sold 9.1808
Childers     Chatham DYd 11.1823 23.8.1827 10.1827 brig 5.1834, ship 1835, sold 8.1865
Cruiser     Chatham DYd 1.1826 19.1.1828 6.3.1828 brig 11.1833, ship 1840, sold 3.1849

 

Displacement normal, t

382bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

30.5 gundeck

Breadth, m

9.30

Draught, m

3.89 hold depth

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

16 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 2 x 1 - 93/16 6pdr SBML

Complement

125

Project history: 18-gun flush-decked sloop. Designed by Sir William Rule.

Modernizations: 1833, both survived: - 2 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML

1848, both survived: - 4 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML

Naval service: No significant events.

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