HMS Snipe (1828)

HMS Snipe was a 6-gun Nightingale-class cutter built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was broken up in 1860.

Description
Snipe had a length at the gundeck of 63 ft and 46 ft at the keel. She had a beam of 22 ft, a draught of about 10 ft and a depth of hold of 9 ft. The ship's tonnage was 122 tons burthen. 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.

Construction and career
Snipe, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy after the gun-brig HMS Snipe, 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.