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NameSnakeExplanation
TypeBrig-sloop  
Launched3 May 1832
HullWooden
PropulsionSail
Builders measure434 tons
Displacement 
Guns16
Fate1847
Class 
Ships book
Note1847.08.29 wrecked in Mozambique Channel
Snippets concerning this vessels career
DateEvent
26 December 1836Commanded by Commander Alexander Milne in West Indies
30 January 1839Commanded by Commander John Baker Porter Hay, North America and West Indies
6 October 1841
- September 1845
Commanded by Commander Walter Bourchier Devereux, Mediterranean
10 January 1846
- 29 August 1847
Commanded by Commander Thomas Bourmaster Brown, Cape of Good Hope, until that vessel was lost in Mozambique channel. A Court Martial the following March at Portsmouth sentenced Brown (and the Master, Peter Chown) to loose one years seniority for not using sufficient care.

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