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HMS Snake

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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Snake:

  • HMS Snake was a 14-gun sloop purchased in 1777. She was captured by two American privateers 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.
  • HMS Snake was an 18-gun ship-sloop that, until 1809, differed only in her rig from the Cruizer class brig-sloops. She was launched in 1797 and sold in 1816.
  • HMS Snake was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1832 and wrecked in 1847.
  • HMS Snake was a steam tender launched in 1838 and used as a hulk for harbour service from 1863.
  • HMS Snake was an Arrow-class wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1854 and sold in 1864.
  • HMS Snake was an Ant-class gunboat launched in 1871. She was completed as a dockyard cable lighter in 1907 and was renamed YC 15.
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