HMS Rattlesnake (1861)
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NameHMS Rattlesnake
Launched9 July 1861
Out of service1874
FateBroken up in 1882
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Rattlesnake |
| Launched | 9 July 1861 |
| Out of service | 1874 |
| Fate | Broken up in 1882 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Jason-class corvette |
| Displacement | 2431 tons |
| Length | 225 feet |
| Propulsion | Screw |
| Sail plan | rigging |
| Speed | 11.66 knots |
| Complement | 240 |
| Armament | 21 |
HMS Rattlesnake was a 21-gun Jason-class corvette launched in 1861 at Chatham Dockyard and broken up in 1882. During her third commission from 1871–1873 she was the flagship of Commodore John Edmund Commerell, Commander-in-Chief Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station, who was wounded at the start of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War.[1] Rattlesnake was propelled by a Ravenhill & Salkeld engine delivering 1,628 indicated horsepower (1,214 kW). When operating under sailpower, her funnel could be retracted to clear the rigging and her propeller lifted into a special housing aft to streamline her hullform.[2]
