HMS Snipe (1828)HMS Snipe was a 6-gun built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was broken up in 1860.DescriptionSnipe 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. 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 careerSnipe, 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.