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==Service==
==Service==
''Snapdragon'' was re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 May, 1924.  By March, 1925 she was operating with the Atlantic Fleet, attached to the {{UK-BCS}}.{{NLApr25|p. 270}}
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 13 November, 1926.{{NLFeb29|p. 270}}
''Snapdragon'' was re-commissioned at Devonport on 30 April, 1929 and attached to the {{UK-BCS}}.{{NLJul31|p. 270}}  She re-commissioned at Devonport on 28 August, 1931.{{NLJan33|p. 273}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Humphrey Willie Best|nick=Humphrey W. Best|appt=11 October, 1917{{NLDec18|p. 908}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Austin Charles Ackland|nick=Austin C. Ackland|appt=24 January, 1916<ref>Ackland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/174.|D7603881}} f. 379.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 398''b''}}|end=22 March, 1917<ref>Ackland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/174.|D7603881}} f. 379.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alan George Despard Twigg|nick=Alan G. D. Twigg|appt=2 December, 1924<ref>Twigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. 130?</ref>|end=19 July, 1926<ref>Twigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. 130?</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Myles Aldington Blomfield|nick=Myles A. Blomfield|appt=22 March, 1917{{NLAug17|p. 397''z''}}|end=10 October, 1917}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Humphrey Willie Best|nick=Humphrey W. Best|appt=11 October, 1917{{NLDec18|p. 908}}|end=1 December, 1920}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Geoffrey Coleridge Sumner|nick=Charles G. C. Sumner|appt=1 December, 1920<ref>Sumner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/137.|D7604041}} f. 541.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 865}}|end=1 December, 1922<ref>Sumner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/137.|D7604041}} f. 541.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Andrew Johnstone|nick=Andrew Johnstone|appt=1 December, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 270}}|end=2 December, 1924}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alan George Despard Twigg|nick=Alan G. D. Twigg|appt=2 December, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 270}}<ref>Twigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. 130?</ref>|end=19 July, 1926<ref>Twigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. 130?</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Desmond FitzHarry Dolphin|nick=Desmond F. Dolphin|appt=19 July, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 267}}|end=25 July, 1928}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Gage Stuart|nick=Charles G. Stuart|appt=25 July, 1928<ref>Stuart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/3.|D7604758}} f. 3.</ref>|end=5 January, 1929<ref>Stuart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/3.|D7604758}} f. 3.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Guy Onslow Lydekker|nick=Guy O. Lydekker|appt=11 January, 1929{{NLFeb29|p. 270}}|end=3 January, 1931}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alfred William John Finlayson|nick=Alfred W. J. Finlayson|appt=3 January, 1931<ref>Finlayson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/214.|}}  f. 215.</ref>{{NLJul31|p. 270}}|ass=3 January, 1931<ref>Finlayson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/214.|}}  f. 215.</ref>|end=26 July, 1932<ref>Finlayson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/214.|}}  f. 215.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Edward Morse|nick=Harold E. Morse|appt=12 July, 1932|ass=26 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 273}}|end=11 April, 1934}}
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Latest revision as of 13:14, 30 June 2021

H.M.S. Snapdragon (1915)
Pendant Number: T.71 (Jan, 1916)
T.79 (Jan, 1918)[1]
Builder: Ropner & Sons[2]
Ordered: Jul, 1915[3]
Launched: 21 Dec, 1915[4]
Sold: 4 May, 1934[5]

H.M.S. Snapdragon was one of thirty-six Arabis Class sweeping sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Snapdragon was re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 May, 1924. By March, 1925 she was operating with the Atlantic Fleet, attached to the Battle Cruiser Squadron.[6]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 13 November, 1926.[7]

Snapdragon was re-commissioned at Devonport on 30 April, 1929 and attached to the Battle Cruiser Squadron.[8] She re-commissioned at Devonport on 28 August, 1931.[9]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 270.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 270.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 270.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 273.
  10. ↑ Ackland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/174. f. 379.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 398b.
  12. ↑ Ackland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/174. f. 379.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 397z.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 908.
  15. ↑ Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 865.
  17. ↑ Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 270.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 270.
  20. ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130?
  21. ↑ Twigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 130?
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 267.
  23. ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
  24. ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 270.
  26. ↑ Finlayson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/214. f. 215.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 270.
  28. ↑ Finlayson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/214. f. 215.

Bibliography


Arabis Class Sweeping Sloop
Alyssum Amaryllis Arabis Asphodel Berberis
Buttercup Campanula Celandine Cornflower Crocus
Cyclamen Delphinium Genista Gentian Geranium
Gladiolus Godetia Hydrangea Lobelia Lupin
Marguerite Mignonette Myosotis Nasturtium Nigella
Pansy Pentstemon Petunia Poppy Primula
  Rosemary Snapdragon Valerian  
  Verbena Wallflower Wistaria  
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