HMS Rattlesnake (1861)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Rattlesnake.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Rattlesnake
Launched9 July 1861
Out of service1874
FateBroken up in 1882
General characteristics
Class & typeJason-class corvette
Displacement2431 tons
Length225 feet
PropulsionScrew
Sail planrigging
Speed11.66 knots
Armament21
Rattesnake (far right) sends off the British Flying Squadron from False Bay, Cape of Good Hope on 18 October 1869

HMS Rattlesnake was a 21-gun Jason-class corvette launched in 1861 at Chatham Dockyard and broken up in 1882. During her third commission from 1871–1873 she was the flagship of Commodore John Edmund Commerell, Commander-in-Chief Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station, who was wounded at the start of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War.[1] Rattlesnake was propelled by a Ravenhill & Salkeld engine delivering 1,628 indicated horsepower (1,214 kW). When operating under sailpower, her funnel could be retracted to clear the rigging and her propeller lifted into a special housing aft to streamline her hullform.[2]

References

  1. ^ "HMS Rattlesnake (1861)". pdavis. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  2. ^ "1667 C. Rattlesnake 1861". Warship Archive. Agenziabozzo. Retrieved 26 November 2019.


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