HMS Rattlesnake (1822)

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 in 1846?1850.

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Sixth-rate - Frigate - Royal Navy - Cape York - Torres Strait - Australia

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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.

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Chatham Dockyard - 26 March - 1822 - Carronade - Long gun - Survey ship

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Her most famous passenger was the surgeon and naturalist Thomas Henry Huxley.

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Surgeon - Thomas Henry Huxley

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