HMS Snapper (1895)
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Snapper.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | HMS Snapper |
| Builder: | Earl's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, Hull, Yorkshire |
| Laid down: | 2 April 1894 |
| Launched: | 30 January 1895 |
| Completed: | January 1896 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1912 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Salmon-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 305 long tons (310 t) |
| Length: | 204.75 ft (62.41 m) |
| Beam: | 19.5 ft (5.9 m) |
| Draught: | 7.75 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Armament: |
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HMS Snapper was a Salmon-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1895, and served in home waters.
She served as part of the Medway Instructional Flotilla in 1901.[1] Lieutenant John Foster Grant-Dalton was appointed in command on 14 February 1902.[2] She docked for repairs to her stem in late May 1902,[3] but was back in the North Sea by early June.[4]
She was sold off in 1911.
Notes
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36409). London. 22 March 1901. p. 11.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36700). London. 25 February 1902. p. 11.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36775). London. 23 May 1902. p. 4.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36786). London. 5 June 1902. p. 7.
References
Manning, T.D. (1961). The British Destroyer. Putnam and Co.
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