HMS Snipe was a 6-gun built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was broken up in 1860.
Description Snipe had a length at the gundeck of and at the keel. She had a beam of , a draught of about and a depth of hold of . The ship's tonnage was 122 tons burthen.Winfield, p. 1181 The Nightingale class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon and four 6-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 34 officers and ratings.Winfield & Lyon, p. 133
Construction and career Snipe, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy after the gun-brig HMS Snipe,Colledge, p. 325 was ordered in 1822, laid down in October 1827 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 28 June 1828. She was completed on 6 September 1828 at Plymouth Dockyard.Phillips, p. 71
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