HMS Snake
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Seven ships of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Snake:
was a 14-gun sloop
purchased in 1777. She was captured by two American privateer
s in 1781.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have been named HMS Snake:
was a 14-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...
purchased in 1777. She was captured by two American privateer
Privateer
A privateer is a private person or ship authorized by a government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping during wartime. Privateering was a way of mobilizing armed ships and sailors without having to spend public money or commit naval officers...
s in 1781.
- HMS Snake was a 14-gun sloop, also purchased in 1777. She may have been the previous Snake recaptured. She was used as a slop ship from 1781 and was sold in 1783. was an 18-gun ship-sloop that, until 1809, differed only in her rig from the Cruizer class brig-sloopsCruizer class brig-sloopThe Cruizer class was an 18-gun class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. Brig-sloops were the same as ship-sloops except for their rigging...
. She was launched in 1797 and sold in 1816. was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1832 and wrecked in 1847. was a steam tender launched in 1838 and used as a hulkHulk (ship)A hulk is a ship that is afloat, but incapable of going to sea. Although sometimes used to describe a ship that has been launched but not completed, the term most often refers to an old ship that has had its rigging or internal equipment removed, retaining only its flotational qualities...
for harbour service from 1863. was an Arrow-classArrow class gunvesselThe Arrow class comprised six second-class screw-driven vessels built as despatch vessels for the Royal Navy in 1854, mounting 6 guns. In 1856 they were redesignated as second-class gunvessels.-Design:...
wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1854 and sold in 1864. was an Ant-classAnt class gunboatThe Ant-class gunboat was a class of twenty-four Royal Navy flat-iron gunboats mounting a single 10-inch gun, built between 1870 and 1880. They carried no masts or sails, being among the first Royal Navy vessels not to do so. The last four vessels were ordered separately and are sometimes known as...
gunboatGunboatA 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:...
launched in 1871. She was completed as a dockyard cable lighterLighter (barge)A lighter is a type of flat-bottomed barge used to transfer goods and passengers to and from moored ships. Lighters were traditionally unpowered and were moved and steered using long oars called "sweeps," with their motive power provided by water currents...
in 1907 and was renamed YC 15.