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| Item: | A2603 |
| Dimensions: | 30" L x 10" W x 20" H
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The Revolutionary War privateer RATTLESNAKE was designed in 1779-80 by John Peck, a Boston naval architect.
The original RATTLESNAKE was built in Plymouth Massachusetts, and in style resembled a miniature frigate, which had a separate quarter deck and forecastle. These features are rather unusual for a privateer. She carried up to 20 guns, (Probably six and nine pounders) and had a usual complement of 85 men.
Little is known of her career except that it was brief. Late in 1781, she was captured by the British frigate ASSURANCE (44 guns) and taken into the Royal Navy as the COMMORANT (14 guns). Sometime around 1784 she was renamed RATTLESNAKE and soon afterwards sold out of the British Navy.
The vessel was unusually fast, and her hull lines were recorded by the British Admiralty after her capture and have come down to us today.
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