• HMS Rattler was a 16-gun sloop
  Sloop-of-war
  In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...
  
   launched in 1783 and sold in 1792.
• HMS Rattler was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1795 and sold in 1815.
• HMS Rattler was a 12-gun gunvessel
  Gunboat
  A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.-History:...
  
   purchased from civilian service in 1797, where she was known as Hope. She was alternatively known as 'Gunboat No. 41', and was sold in 1802.
• HMS Rattler
  HMS Rattler (1843)
  HMS Rattler was a 12-gun wooden sloop of the Royal Navy and the first British warship to adopt a screw propeller powered by a steam engine...
  
   was a wood screw sloop
  Screw sloop
  A screw sloop is a propeller-driven sloop-of-war. In the 19th century, during the introduction of the steam engine, ships driven by propellers were differentiated from those driven by paddle-wheels by referring to the ship's screws...
  
   launched in 1843. It had been planned to name her HMS Ardent, but this was dropped in 1842. She was broken up in 1856.
• HMS Rattler was a wood screw sloop launched in 1862 and wrecked in 1868.
• HMS Rattler was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1886. She was used for harbour service from 1910, and as a training ship from 1919, when she was renamed HMS Dryad. She was sold in 1924.
• HMS Rattler was an Algerine-class
  Algerine class minesweeper
  The Algerine-class was a class of minesweepers of the Royal Navy and the Commonwealth. 110 ships of the class were launched between 1942 and 1944 and served in World War II....
  
   minesweeper
  Minesweeper (ship)
  A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...
  
   launched in 1942. She was renamed HMS Loyalty in 1943 and was sunk in 1944.

See also

• HMS Rattle was a 14-gun brig
  Brig
  A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries...
  
   listed between 1802 and 1805.
• Ships named HMS Rattlesnake
  HMS Rattlesnake
  Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Rattlesnake, including:, a 10 gun cutter launched 1777. Lost 1782, ex Cormorant of 1781. A 12 gun brig. Sold 1786, a 16-gun sloop in service from 1791, a 28-gun frigate launched in 1822, a torpedo gunboat in service from 1886 to 1910* HMS...