Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Snake | Fletcher & Fearnall, Limehouse | 12.1831 | 3.5.1832 | 4.8.1832 | wrecked 29.8.1847 | ||
Serpent | Fletcher & Fearnall, Limehouse | 2.1832 | 14.7.1832 | 6.12.1832 | tender 12.1857 |
Displacement normal, t |
418bm |
Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
31.0 gundeck |
Breadth, m |
9.75 |
Draught, m |
4.59 hold depth |
No of shafts |
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Machinery |
sails |
Power, h. p. |
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Max speed, kts |
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Fuel, t |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
14 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 2 x 1 - 107/16 9pdr SBML |
Complement |
110 |
Project history: 16-gun brigs. Thomas Ditchburn design of 1831.
Modernizations: 1846, both: - 4 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML, 2 x 1 - 107/16 9pdr SBML; + 2 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML
Naval service: Snake wrecked in the Mozambique Channel 29.8.1847.
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