| Name | Snake (1854) | Explanation | |
| Type | Gunvessel | ||
| Launched | 6 September 1854 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 477 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 2 | ||
| Fate | 1864 | ||
| Class | Arrow | ||
| Ships book | ADM 135/433 | ||
| Note | |||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 19 September 1854 - 29 July 1855 | Commanded by Lieutenant Henry Frederick McKillop, Black Sea during the Russian War | ||
| 3 July 1855 - 13 May 1856 | Commanded by Lieutenant Cecil William Buckley, Mediterranean | ||
| 27 February 1856 - 22 July 1857 | Commanded by Commander John Edmund Commerell, Mediterranean | ||
| 20 September 1859 - 3 December 1861 | Commanded by Commander Henry Harvey, East Indies and China (until invalided) | ||
| 19 October 1861 - 1 April 1862 | Commanded by Acting commander Herbert Price Knevitt, East Indies and China | ||
| 20 December 1861 - 3 June 1863 | Commanded by Commander John Moresby, East Indies and China | ||
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