HMS Rattlesnake (1822)
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HMS Rattlesnake was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy launched in 1822. She made a historic voyage of discovery to the Cape York and Torres Strait areas of northern Australia.
Launched at Chatham Dockyard on 26 March 1822, Rattlesnake was 114 feet (34.7 m) long and 32 feet (9.7 m) abeam. As a frigate she carried twenty 32-pounder carronades, six 18-pounder carronades and two 9-pounder long guns. She was converted to a survey ship in 1845 and broken up in 1860.
Her most famous passenger was its assistant surgeon and naturalist Thomas Henry Huxley.
[edit] External links
- Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Volume 1, available freely at Project Gutenberg
- Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Volume 2, available freely at Project Gutenberg
- Images from the voyage of the Rattlesnake at the State Library of New South Wales
