HMS Rattler (1797)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Rattler and Hope (ship).

History
Great Britain
NameHope
LaunchedLeith, or Dysart, Fife
FateSold March 1797
Great Britain
NameGB No.41
RenamedHMS Rattler
FateSold 1802
United Kingdom
NameHope
FateLast listed in 1816
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen155,[2] or 156, or 158 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 72 ft 7 in (22.1 m)
  • Keel: 59 ft 3 in (18.1 m)
Beam22 ft 4 in (6.8 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 4+3⁄4 in (2.9 m)
Complement50
Armament
  • 1797:2 × 18-pounder guns + 10 × 18-pounder carronades
  • 1810: 4 × 6-pounder carronades
  • 1812: 2 × 3-pounder guns

HMS Rattler was the mercantile Hope that the Royal Navy purchased at Leith in 1797. It initially named her GB No.41, and then renamed her HMS Rattler. The Navy sold her in 1802. She returned to the name Hope and became a merchantman trading with Hamburg, Gibraltar, and lastly, Cowes. She was last listed in 1816.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 334.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference LR1802 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).