- Source: HMS Snipe (1828)
HMS Snipe was a 6-gun Nightingale-class cutter built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was broken up in 1860.
Description
Snipe had a length at the gundeck of 63 feet 9 inches (19.4 m) and 46 feet 10 inches (14.3 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 22 feet 2 inches (6.8 m), a draught of about 10 feet 9 inches (3.3 m) and a depth of hold of 9 feet 6 inches (2.9 m). The ship's tonnage was 122 tons burthen. The Nightingale class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon and four 6-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 34 officers and ratings.
Construction and career
Snipe, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy after the gun-brig HMS Snipe, was ordered in 1822, laid down in October 1827 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 28 June 1828. She was completed on 6 September 1828 at Plymouth Dockyard.
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References
Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1817-1863. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-47383-743-0.
Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
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