tested on Rattler during this period to find the most effective screw design. On 17 May 1845 Rattler and steamers HMS Monkey and HMS Blazer towed HMS Erebus...
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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rattler: HMS Rattler (1783) was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1783 and sold in 1792. She then made two...
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which had been introduced in the West only ten years earlier with HMS Rattler (1843). The ship was built by Fop Smit in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands (later...
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renamed HMS Rattler before her launch in 1843. HMS Ardent (1894) was an Ardent-class torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1894 and broken up in 1911. HMS Ardent (1913)...
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vulnerable to cannon fire. One of the first screw-driven warships, HMS Rattler (1843), demonstrated her superiority over paddle steamers during numerous...
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HMS Dwarf was launched in 1840 as the mercantile Mermaid. The Royal Navy purchased her in 1843 as the Navy's first screw-propelled vessel. She was broken...
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unit of this class; Rattler was reordered as a screw propelled vessel. In Spring 1845 comparative trials were held between Rattler and Alecto. The most...
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Navy HMS Calliope (1837) HMS Acheron (1838) HMS Rattler (1843) - the first warship to use screw propulsion HMS Miranda (1851) HMS Clio (1858) HMS Diamond...
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first screw frigate, HMS Amphion, it already had two screw sloops in commission. The 9 gun sloop HMS Rattler, launched in 1843, was designed by Isambard...
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Islands, in northern Scotland. From there they sailed to Greenland with HMS Rattler and a transport ship, Baretto Junior; the passage to Greenland took 30...
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