HMS Rattler

HMS Rattler

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Rattler":

*HMS "Rattler" was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1783 and sold in 1792.
*HMS "Rattler" was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1795 and sold in 1815.
*HMS "Rattler" was a 12-gun gunvessel purchased from civilian service in 1797, where she was known as "Hope". She was alternatively known as 'Gunboat No. 41', and was sold in 1802.
*HMS "Rattler" was a wood screw sloop launched in 1843. It had been planned to name her HMS "Ardent", but this was dropped in 1842. She was broken up in 1856.
*HMS "Rattler" was a wood screw sloop launched in 1862 and wrecked in 1868.
*HMS "Rattler" was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1886. She was used for harbour service from 1910, and as a training ship from 1919, when she was renamed HMS "Dryad". She was sold in 1924.
*HMS "Rattler" was an "Algerine" class minesweeper launched in 1942. She was renamed HMS "Loyalty" in 1943 and was sunk in 1944.

ee also

*HMS "Rattle" was a 14-gun brig listed between 1802 and 1805.
*Ships named HMS "Rattlesnake"


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