HMS Rattler

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rattler:


 * HMS Rattler was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1783 and sold in 1792.
 * HMS Rattler was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1795 and sold in 1815.
 * HMS Rattler was a 12-gun gunvessel purchased from civilian service in 1797, where she was known as Hope. She was alternatively known as 'Gunboat No. 41', and was sold in 1802.
 * HMS Rattler was a wood screw sloop launched in 1843. It had been planned to name her HMS Ardent, but this was dropped in 1842.  She was broken up in 1856.
 * HMS Rattler was a wood screw sloop launched in 1862 and wrecked in 1868.
 * HMS Rattler was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1886. She was used for harbour service from 1910, and as a training ship from 1919, when she was renamed HMS Dryad.  She was sold in 1924.
 * HMS Rattler was an Algerine-class minesweeper launched in 1942. She was renamed HMS Loyalty in 1943 and was sunk in 1944.