HMS Rattler (1797)

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.

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

Career

The Royal Navy commissioned Rattler in September 1797 under Lieutenant John Gibbs. He died, probably before but possibly after Lieutenant Samuel Wickham took command of Rattler in June 1798, for the North Sea. On 18 July 1801 she arrived at Elsinor, having escorted the Leith fleet. The Navy sold Rattler on 31 May 1802, shortly after the Peace of Amiens took effect.

Rattler returned to her original name, Hope, and first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1802.[2]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1802 M.Tate Captain & Co. London–Hamburg LR; raised 1802
1804 M.Tate W.Witham Liverpool–London
London–Toning		 LR; raised 1802
1807 P.Tate Captain & Co. London–Hamburg LR; raised 1802
1809 P.Tate
W.Gibson		 Walton London–Hamburg Register of Shipping
1810 W.Gibson
M.Lewish		 Walton
Vickerman		 London–Gibraltar Register of Shipping
1811 M.Lewish
Vickerman		 Vickerman
Lavers		 Plymouth
London–Gibraltar		 LR; raised 1802
1812 M.Lourish N.Lavers Cowes–London LR; raised 1802

Fate

Hope was last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1816 with data unchanged since 1812.

Citations
  1. Winfield (2008), p. 334.
  2. LR (1802), Seq.No.H112.

References
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
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