HMS Snake

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Snake, 1798
Type: Sloop ; Armament 18
Launched : 1798 ; Disposal date or year : 1816
Notes:

20 Feb 1799 Portsmouth, departed with the Seine on a cruise.

19 Sep 1799 Portsmouth, arrived from Marcou (off Cape la Hogue), where she had taken arms, and ordnance stores.

24 Oct 1799 Portsmouth, departed on a cruise.

10 Nov 1799 Eurydice, with the Snake in company, captured the French privateer Hirondelle, 14 guns, 50 men, and commanded by Pierre Merie Dugerdin, of Cailais, off Beach Head, after she had attempted to take the brig Diana, bound from Sunderland to Portsmouth, with coal.

3 Dec 1799 Portsmouth, arrived from a cruise off Havre de Grace

13 Feb 1800 Portsmouth, departed the Melpomene, Magnanime, and Snake, with the East India and African trade.

14 Oct 1800 Portsmouth, arrived the Snake sloop of war, so long given up as totally lost, from the coast of Africa. She departed from Spithead on the 13th Feb, and had not been heard of since the 25th of the following month, when she parted with the ships in her company during a most awful storm. She brought in with her a prize.

28 Nov 1800 Portsmouth, taken in into dock.

17 Jan 1801 departed Spithead for unknown station to issue orders to detain all Swedish and Danish vessels of every description.

26 Jan 1801 arrived back at Spithead having complied with her previous orders.

23 Feb 1801 departed Spithead for the Coast of Africa, but due to contrary winds put back to St Helen's.

3 Nov 1801 the Falmouth packet Leicester, Steel, arrived Port Royal, Jamaica, where the Santa Margarita, Crescent, Carnatic, Retribution, Topaze, Mosquito/Musquito, and Abergavenny were present. During the Leicester's stay at Port Royal the HM ships Bourdelais, Snake, Echo, Ambuscade, Tisiphone, Calypso, Juno, Sans Pareil, Melampus, Pelican, Captain, Goliah/Goliath, Brunswick, and Elephant arrived there.

Circa 14 May 1802 the Stork, just arrived Jamaica from England, in a letter to Portsmouth, reports the departure of the Snake from Jamaica for Honduras, so dates more than a little approximate.

24 Jul - 2 Sep 1803 chase of and escape of the Duguay-Trouin, 74 and the 40-gun frigate Guerri�re.

10 Nov 1803 head money due following the destruction of the Esperance.

12 Nov 1803 the London Morning Post of this date reports that the Snake detained 12 vessels, most of which were American, and bound from Jeremie to Cape Fancois, were sent into Port Royal.

May 1805 Jamaica Station.

21 Jul 1810 with the homeward-bound Baltic convoy, of about 200 sail, off Rob's Snout, under the protection of the Lynx, Clio, Snake, Rosario, Gluckstadt, and Centinel, with the Tartar, Rose, and Primrose following at some distance astern, [presumably with a view to preventing enemy gun boats sneaking up from astern, and picking off the slower vessels in the convoy.]

Plymouth 16 Feb 1811 arrived from the North Sea.

Lerwick 5 Nov 1811 Saved men from a prize belonging to the Tartar.

Plymouth 26 May 1812 arrived from the Cape of Good Hope, and departed for the River.

Wingo Sound 27 Aug 1812 departed with the Baltic convoy, and parted company from the convoy with those ships bound for Leith.

Leith 14 Sep 1812 Has made signal for a convoy to the Baltic.

Yarmouth 17 Oct 1812 arrived from the Texel.

Yarmouth 18 Oct 1812 Remains.

Yarmouth 19 Oct 1812 departed with convoy for the Nore.

Leith 24 Dec 1812 arrived in Leith roads yesterday.

Leith 2 Jun 1813 departed with a convoy to Gottenburgh.

Cork 26 Oct 1813 Is to take convoy to Jamaica.

Portsmouth 5 Oct 1814 Went out of harbour.

Portsmouth 16 Oct 1814 Remains with the convoy for the Brazils.

Portsmouth 17 Oct 1814 Dropped down to Yarmouth Roads with the ships bound to the Brazils, Cape &c.

Portsmouth 18 Oct 1814 Remains in Yarmouth Roads.

Portsmouth 19 Oct 1814 Is appointed convoy to the Brazils.

Lymington 21 Oct 1814 Remains in the Roads with her convoy.

Cork 9 Nov 1814 arrived off the harbour with a convoy of transports from Portsmouth, having on board the 13th Light Dragoons.

Deal 26 Jul 1815 Remain in the Downs.

Plymouth 22 Aug 1815 arrived.

Plymouth 23 Aug 1815 Came in from a cruise.

Portsmouth 5 Sep 1815 departed for the eastward.

Portsmouth 15 Nov 1815 arrived from Shields.