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| Name | Enterprise (1848) | Explanation | |
| Type | Survey sloop | ||
| Launched | 5 April 1848 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 471 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | |||
| Fate | 1903 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1860 c.h. | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 31 January 1848 - 26 November 1849 | Commanded by Captain James Clark Ross, particular service, in search of Sir John Franklin, together with Investigator (Captain Edward Joseph Bird) | ||
| 14 December 1849 - 24 May 1855 | Commanded (until paying off at Chatham) by Captain Richard Collinson, particular service (in search of Sir John Franklin, see Dictionary of Canadian Biography ) | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Sa 22 January 1853 | The Rattlesnake sloop, Commander Henry Trollope, is being coppered preparatory to her being put out of dock. The officers and crew are permitted to allot any part, or all, of their pay to whom they please after their departure from here. Iti s reported that the officers and crew are to have their double pay commence when they round Cape Hom, as in the case of the Plover, Investigator, and Enterprise. The destination of the Rattlesnake is Point Barrow. She will take in provisions and stores for three years. A few petty officers only are wanting now to complete her crew. | ||
| We 9 November 1853 | Admiralty, Nov, 8.— Letters for the Enterprise, Rattlesnake, and Plover, in Behring Straits, must be sent to the Admiralty on or before the 31st of December. | ||
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