The Snake-class ship-sloops were a class of four Royal Navy sloops-of-war built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Though ships of the class were...
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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. A ship-sloop was rigged...
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Driver (1797) Echo class – 1 ship sloop, 1797. Echo (1797) Osprey class – 1 ship sloop, 1797. Osprey (1797) Snake class – 2 ship sloops, 1797–1798. Snake (1797) Victor (1798)...
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HMS Cruizer (1828) (category Sloops of the Royal Navy)
was a Snake-class ship-sloop launched in 1828 for the British Royal Navy. The ship was built as a revival of the retired Snake-class ship-sloops. The Navy...
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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Snake: HMS Snake (1776) was a 14-gun sloop purchased in 1776. Two American privateers captured her in...
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HMS Cruizer (category Royal Navy ship names)
Cruizer-class brig sloops, to which design 110 vessels were ordered; the prototype was launched in 1797 and sold in 1819. HMS Cruizer (1828) was a Snake-class...
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vessel of her class. Her designer was Sir William Rule. He produced two designs, one for a ship-sloop (Snake), and one for a brig-sloop (Cruizer) that...
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the size of the ship from a brig. These changes were approved in October 1809. The resulting design resembled the Snake-class ship-sloops, but was 4 to...
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of Commons. 1848. p. 855. "Ship Launch at Wivenhoe". The Times. No. 13539. London. 13 March 1828. col B, p. 4. "British sloop 'Pearl' (1828)". Threedecks...
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Frigate". Morning Chronicle. No. 19558. London. 3 May 1832. "British sloop 'Snake' (1832)". Threedecks. Retrieved 5 October 2023. "(untitled)". Hull Packet...
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frigate Amphion-class frigate (1796) a number of 32-gun frigates Snake-class ship-sloop (1796) a number of 18-gun sloops Cruizer-class brig-sloop (1796) a number...
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comparison the Jason-class of the Greek Navy is about 380 feet (120 m) long, with a top speed of 18 knots In total, 558 LSM ships were launched. Some notable...
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HMS Epervier (1812) (category Cruizer-class brig-sloops)
HMS Epervier was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, built by Ross at Rochester, England, and launched on 2 December 1812. USS Peacock...
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HMS Asp (category Royal Navy ship names)
referred to any one of several venomous snake species found in the Nile region. HMS Asp (1797) was an Acute-class gunbrig (ex-GB No.5), disposed of in 1803...
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HMAS Inverell (category Bathurst-class corvettes of the Royal Australian Navy)
ship HMAS Stawell, and Services Reconnaissance Department vessel HMAS River Snake were assigned to Morotai. Inverell was required to tow River Snake for...
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HMS Cruizer (1797) (category Cruizer-class brig-sloops)
brig-rigged sloop-of-war designed in 1796 by Sir William Rule, the Surveyor of the Navy. Her hull was identical to the Snake-class ship-sloop, but she carried...
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The ship was captured in the North Sea by the French and taken to Ostend or Bruges. Dutch ship De Braak ( Dutch States Navy): The 14-gun brig-sloop was...
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HMS Nimrod (1812) (category Cruizer-class brig-sloops)
HMS Nimrod was a brig-sloop of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1812. She spent her war years in North American waters, where she captured one small...
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HMS Flying Fish (1873) (category Fantome-class sloops)
HMS Flying Fish was a Fantome-class sloop of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 27 November 1873. Originally intended to be named...
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HMS Arachne (1809) (category Cruizer-class brig-sloops)
HMS Arachne was an 18 gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop that served in the First Anglo-Burmese War and was sold into merchant service in 1837. She was wrecked...
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HDMS Langeland (1808) (category Ship infoboxes without an image)
During the summer of 1809, three British gun brigs - the Snake-class brig-sloop HMS Snake (18), brig HMS Nightingale (16), and gun-brig HMS Gallant (14)...
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HMS Peacock (1806) (category Cruizer-class brig-sloops)
HMS Peacock was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1806 and had a relatively uneventful career until she had the misfortune...
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HMS Reindeer (1804) (category Cruizer-class brig-sloops)
HMS Reindeer (also Rein Deer) was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, built by Samuel & Daniel Brent at Rotherhithe and was...
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HMS Briseis (1808) (category Cherokee-class brig-sloops)
Cherokee- class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1808 at Upnor, on the River Medway. She participated in one notable single ship action before...
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HMS Grasshopper (1813) (category Cruizer-class brig-sloops)
18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop built at Portsmouth Dockyard by Nicholas Diddams and launched in 1813. She was the second ship of the class to bear the name;...
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"despatch vessels", these six ships were re-classed as second-class gunvessels in 1856. Arrow (1854) Beagle (1854) Lynx (1854) Snake (1854) Viper (1854) Wrangler (1854)...
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HMS Weazel (1805) (category Cruizer-class brig-sloops)
spelt Weazle, and occasionally Weasel) was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop, launched in 1805 at Topsham, Devon. She saw active service in and...
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HMS Zebra (1815) (category Cruizer-class brig-sloops)
Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was built of teak in the East India Company's Bombay Dockyard and launched in 1815 as the last of her class....
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HMS Diligence (1756) (category Sloops of the Royal Navy)
HMS Diligence was a 10-gun Alderney-class sloop of the Royal Navy which saw active service during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary...
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Racer (redirect from Racer (snake))
HMS Racer, the name of several Royal Navy ships Racer-class sloop USS Racer, the name of two US Navy ships Racer, later HMS Shelburne (1813) Daewoo Racer...
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