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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Cultural Object created 2023-02-16 human Helen Cohn updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007161b.htm culturalArtefact H.M.S. Rattlesnake Royal Navy AACR2 Rattlesnake, H.M.S. 1822 1860 Maritime exploration Ship H.M.S. Rattlesnake was a Royal Navy Atholl class corvette launched at the Chatham Dockyard, United Kingdom, in 1822. After service in the Mediterranean and in the Far East, and several years as a troop ship, she was converted to a survey vessel in 1846. Under the command of Owen Stanley, Rattlesnake was sent to the southwest Pacific Ocean to continue surveying work of H.M.S. Fly, in particular to determine a safe passage through the Great Barrier Reef and the Torres Strait. Tenders for the expedition were H.M.S. Bramble under command of Charles Yule, and H.M.S. Castlereagh. Scientists on board included Thomas Huxley, assistant surgeon and naturalist, and John MacGillivray, naturalist who also served in Fly. Despite a lack of adequate equipment and the ship being less than ideal for its mission, the results of the voyage included extensive surface and sub-surface temperature measurements, the collection of a large number of natural history and ethnographic specimens (including ancestral remains), and the survey of the waters of northeastern Australia and around New Guinea. On the death of Stanley in March 1850, command of Rattlesnake devolved to Charles Yule. The expedition concluded in the United Kingdom in November 1850. Rattlesnake was broken up in 1860. MacGillivray, John (1821 - 1867)

Naturalist 1847 - 1850

 Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895)

Assistant surgeon and naturalist December 1846 - November 1850

 Yule, Charles Bampfield (1806 - 1878)

Commander March - November 1850

 Stanley, Owen (1811 - 1850)

Commander December 1846 - March 1850

 'H.M.S. Rattlesnake', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology H.M.S. <span style="font-style:italic">Rattlesnake</span> Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Navigating the Great Barrier Reef: the inner and outer routes, 1815 - 1860 Morgan, Kenneth Navigating the Great Barrier Reef: the inner and outer routes, 1815 - 1860 2021 International journal of maritime history 31 1 37-53 Journal Article: Owen Stanley and the Rattlesnake Moyal, Ann Owen Stanley and the Rattlesnake 2012 National Library Magazine 2012 June 8-11 Book: Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake: commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S., etc., during the years 1846 - 1850, including discoveries and surveys in New Guinea, the Louisade Archipelago, etc., to which is added the account of Mr E. B. Kennedy's expedition for the exploration of the cape York Peninsula MacGillivray, John Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake: commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S., etc., during the years 1846 - 1850, including discoveries and surveys in New Guinea, the Louisade Archipelago, etc., to which is added the account of Mr E. B. Kennedy's expedition for the exploration of the cape York Peninsula London T. & W. Boone 1852 Book: Owen Stanley, R.N., 1811 - 1850, captain of the Rattlesnake Lubbock, Adelaide Owen Stanley, R.N., 1811 - 1850, captain of the Rattlesnake Melbourne: London Heinemann 1968 Book: T. H. Huxley's diary of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake Huxley, T. H.: edited from the unpublished MS by Julian Huxley T. H. Huxley's diary of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake London Chatto and Windus 1935 Book: Thomas Henry Huxley's Diary of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake Huxley, J. Thomas Henry Huxley's Diary of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake London 1935 Journal Article: A brief account of the researches in natural history of John MacGillivray, Esq, the naturalist attached to H.M. Surveying-Ship the Rattlesnake, on the north-eastern coasts of Australia, New Guinea, etc. Gould, John A brief account of the researches in natural history of John MacGillivray, Esq, the naturalist attached to H.M. Surveying-Ship the Rattlesnake, on the north-eastern coasts of Australia, New Guinea, etc. 1850 Contributions to ornithology [3/4] 92-105 Book: The Rattlesnake: a Voyage of Discovery to the Coral Sea Goodman, Jordan The Rattlesnake: a Voyage of Discovery to the Coral Sea London Faber and Faber 2005 Journal Article: Losing it in New Guinea: the Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake Goodman, Jordan Losing it in New Guinea: the Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake 2005 Endeavour 29 60-5 Book: Behind the picture: H.M.S. Rattlesnake's New Guinea cruise, 1846 to 1850 Bassett, Marnie Behind the picture: H.M.S. Rattlesnake's New Guinea cruise, 1846 to 1850 Melbourne Oxford University Press 1966 Book Section: Stanley, Owen (1811-1850), naval officer West, Francis Stanley, Owen (1811-1850), naval officer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1967 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z Douglas Pike 470-471 Book: British oceanographic vessels 1800 - 1950 Rice, A. L. British oceanographic vessels 1800 - 1950 London Ray Society 1986 Book: Islanders and Aborigines at Cape York: an ethnographic reconstruction based on the 1848-1850 "Rattlesnake' journals of O.W. Brierly and information he obtained from Barbara Thompson Moore, David R. Islanders and Aborigines at Cape York: an ethnographic reconstruction based on the 1848-1850 "Rattlesnake' journals of O.W. Brierly and information he obtained from Barbara Thompson Canberra Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1979 Book: The oceanic Hydrozoa: a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846 - 1850 Huxley, T. H. The oceanic Hydrozoa: a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846 - 1850 London Ray Society 1859