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HMS Rattlesnake (1791)
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Rattlesnake'', including: * , a 14-gun cutter launched 1777, later re-classified as a sloop, and lost in 1781. * HMS ''Rattlesnake'' (1783), ex-''Rattlesnake'' U.S. privateer, ex-''Cormorant'' of 1781. A 12-gun brig. The Algerine Navy and the Dey of Algiers detained her for five days in November 1784. Sold 1786. * , a 16-gun sloop in service from 1791 until sold in 1814. * HMS ''Rattlesnake'' (1814), was a brig of 14 guns that the United States Navy purchased in 1813. The Royal Navy captured her in 1814 and the last extant records report that the Navy had purchased her. Her subsequent fate is currently unknown. * , a 28-gun frigate launched in 1822. * , a 21-gun launched in 1861 and broken up in 1882. * , a torpedo gunboat In late 19th-century naval terminology, torpedo gunboats were a form of gunboat armed with torpedoes and designed for hunting and destroying smaller torpedo boats. By the end of the 1890s torpedo gunboats we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service. From the middle decades of the 17th century, and through the 18th century, the Royal Navy vied with the Dutch Navy and later with the French Navy for maritime supremacy. From the mid 18th century, it was the world's most powerful navy until the Second World War. The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing and defending the British Empire, and four Imperial fortress colonies and a string of imperial bases and coaling stations secured the Royal Navy's ability to assert naval superiority globally. Owing to this historical prominence, it is common, even among non-Britons, to ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Cormorant (1781)
HMS ''Cormorant'' was probably launched in 1780 at Plymouth, Massachusetts. She was commissioned as the Massachusetts privateer ''Rattlesnake'' in 1781. The Royal Navy captured her shortly after she set out on a cruise and purchased her. In November 1781 she carried to England the first news of General Cornwallis's defeat. The Royal Navy registered her under the name ''Cormorant''. In 1783 the navy renamed her ''Rattlesnake''. It paid her off and sold her in 1786. Privateer ''Rattlesnake'' ''Rattlesnake'' was probably drawn by John Peck of Boston, Massachusetts, and probably built at Plymouth in 1780. She was very lightly built and was reputedly very fast. ''Rattlesnake'' had the appearance of a miniature frigate, with detached quarterdeck and forecastle. ''Rattlesnake'' was commissioned on 12 June 1781 under Commander Mark Clark (or Clarke).http://www.awiatsea.com/Privateers/R/Rattlesnake%20Massachusetts%20Ship%20larkhtml#B000003T American War of Independence at Sea: Ratt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Rattlesnake (1813)
USS ''Rattlesnake'' was the brig ''Rambler'' built in Medford, Massachusetts, in 1812 that the United States Navy purchased in July 1813. ''Rattlesnake'' captured numerous British merchant vessels before captured her in mid-1814. The Royal Navy apparently purchased her at Nova Scotia, but there is no record of her subsequent career. Career Captain Benjamin Rich sold his brig ''Rambler'' to Amos Binney, the agent for the United States Navy on 3 July 1813 for $18,000, exclusive of armament. ''Rattlesnake'' sailed from Portsmouth, New Hampshire 10 January 1814, under the command of Master Commandant John O. Creighton, and sailed with cruising the Caribbean. The two ships took three prizes prior to their separation in response to the appearance of a heavily gunned British ship on 25 February. ''Rattlesnake'', fleeing back to friendlier waters, put into Wilmington, North Carolina on 9 March. Together, ''Rattlesnake'' and ''Enterprise'' had taken five prizes: *Brig ''Rambler'', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torpedo Gunboat
In late 19th-century naval terminology, torpedo gunboats were a form of gunboat armed with torpedoes and designed for hunting and destroying smaller torpedo boats. By the end of the 1890s torpedo gunboats were superseded by their more successful contemporaries, the torpedo boat destroyers. History A number of torpedo gunboats, the prototype ''Rattlesnake'' of 1886 followed by the ''Grasshopper'' class (of 3 vessels), the ''Sharpshooter'' class (13 vessels), the ''Alarm'' class (11 vessels) and the ''Dryad'' class (5 vessels), were built for the Royal Navy during the 1880s and the 1890s; similar vessels were also constructed or otherwise acquired by a number of European nations and Japan. Essentially very small cruisers, torpedo gunboats were typically fitted with locomotive boilers, and were equipped with torpedo tubes and an adequate gun armament, intended for hunting down smaller enemy torpedo boats. In practice they failed in their primary objective, as they were not fas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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