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'''H.M.S. ''Snapper''''' was one of forty-two [["A" Class Destroyer (1894)|"A" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] &mdash; a "27 knotter".
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'''H.M.S. ''Snapper''''' was one of thirty-six [[27 Knotter]]s, early [[Torpedo Boat Destroyer]]s built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the 1890s.
  
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Like a fair number of her class, she was broken up before the war.
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Like most of the 27 knotters, her useful life ran its course before the [[Great War]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Snapper'' was commissioned at Chatham in late February 1901 to replace {{UK-Avon}} in the [[Medway Instructional Flotilla]].{{NMI|Saturday, February 23, 1901, Issue 36386, p.9}}
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''Snapper'' arrived at Sheerness with six other destroyers from the North Sea on 1 October, 1901.{{NMI|October 2, 1901, Issue 36575, p.10}}
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''Snapper'' was one of seventeen destroyers of the Reserve Division which left Sheerness on 1 July, 1905 for Spithead under the overall command of Commander [[Reginald Graham Gregory|R. G. Gregory]] in {{UK-1Spitfire|f=p}}.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Jul 03, 1905; pg. 12; Issue 37749.</ref>
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She and sixteen other destroyers of the Reserve Division arrived at Sheerness on 13 July 1905 and proceeded to Chatham.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Friday, Jul 14, 1905; pg. 10; Issue 37759.</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Algernon Eden Brooke Greville|nick=Algernon E. B. Greville|appt=14 January, 1896{{NLMar96|p. 264}}|end=11 February, 1897|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Algernon Eden Brooke Greville|nick=Algernon E. B. Greville|appt=14 January, 1896{{NLMar96|p. 264}}|end=11 February, 1897|note=in command for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]]|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Stafford Houseman|nick=Edward S. Houseman|appt=11 February, 1897|end=10 March, 1898|note=participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Basil Reginald Hamilton Taylour|nick=Basil R. H. Taylour|appt=10 March, 1898<ref>Taylour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/249.|D7602185}}  f. 293.</ref>|end=18 April, 1898|note=left upon resigning his commission}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Basil Reginald Hamilton Taylour|nick=Basil R. H. Taylour|appt=10 March, 1898<ref>Taylour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/249.|D7602185}}  f. 293.</ref>|end=18 April, 1898|note=left upon resigning his commission}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=John Roderick Segrave|nick=John R. Segrave|appt=28 February, 1901<ref>Segrave Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 226.</ref>|end=12 October, 1901<ref>Segrave Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 226.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Thomas Francis Tregoye Michell|nick=Thomas F. T. Michell|appt=22 April, 1898|end=18 February, 1899}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Godfrey George Webster|nick=Godfrey G. Webster|appt=2 February, 1899|end=15 March, 1899}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Roderick Segrave|nick=John R. Segrave|appt=28 February, 1901<ref>Segrave Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 226.</ref>|end=12 October, 1901<ref>Segrave Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 226.</ref>|note=including [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]?}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Foster Grant-Dalton|nick=John F. Grant-Dalton|appt=14 February, 1902<ref>Grant-Dalton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/43/328.|D7602655}} f. 362.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military intelligence" ''The Times'' (London). Tuesday, 25 February 1902. (36700), p. 11.</ref>{{NLMay02|p. 302''a''}}|end=17 October, 1902<ref>Grant-Dalton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/43/328.|D7602655}} f. 362.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Foster Grant-Dalton|nick=John F. Grant-Dalton|appt=14 February, 1902<ref>Grant-Dalton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/43/328.|D7602655}} f. 362.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military intelligence" ''The Times'' (London). Tuesday, 25 February 1902. (36700), p. 11.</ref>{{NLMay02|p. 302''a''}}|end=17 October, 1902<ref>Grant-Dalton Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/43/328.|D7602655}} f. 362.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Montagu Foot|nick=Charles M. Foot|appt=17 October, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 303''a''}}|end=18 May, 1903}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Montagu Foot|nick=Charles M. Foot|appt=17 October, 1902{{NLMay03|p. 303''a''}}|end=18 May, 1903}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Bernard John Hamilton Ward|nick=Bernard J. H. Ward|appt=10 January, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 377}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Bernard John Hamilton Ward|nick=Bernard J. H. Ward|appt=16 May, 1903|end=26 June, 1903}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Bernard John Hamilton Ward|nick=Bernard J. H. Ward|appt=10 January, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 377}}|end=11 October, 1904}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Reginald Charles Lloyd Owen|nick=Reginald C. L. Owen|appt=11 October, 1904|end=29 October, 1904}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Alfred Bell Humphery|nick=Alfred B. Humphery|appt=3 January, 1905<ref>Humphery Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/321.|}} f. 323.</ref>{{NMI|Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4}}|end=14 August, 1905<ref>Humphery Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/321.|}} f. 323.</ref>|note=removed for "slackness of discipline"}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Trevor Prichard|nick=Hugh T. Prichard|appt=14 August, 1905<ref>Prichard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>|end=1 January, 1907<ref>Prichard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Trevor Prichard|nick=Hugh T. Prichard|appt=14 August, 1905<ref>Prichard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>|end=1 January, 1907<ref>Prichard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/356.|D7603140}} f. 401.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Philip Leslie Goddard|nick=Philip L. Goddard|appt=1 January, 1907{{NLOct08|p. 376}}|end=12 March, 1909}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Philip Leslie Goddard|nick=Philip L. Goddard|appt=1 January, 1907{{NLOct08|p. 376}}|end=12 March, 1909}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Herbert Gerald Briggs|nick=Herbert G. Briggs|appt=12 March, 1909{{NLJul09|p. 376}}|end=c. 19 October, 1909{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Herbert Gerald Briggs|nick=Herbert G. Briggs|appt=12 March, 1909<ref>Briggs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143/124.|D8122094}}  f. ?.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 376}}|end=18 October, 1909<ref>Briggs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143/124.|D8122094}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Norman Malet Colquhoun Thurstan|nick=Norman M. C. Thurstan|appt=19 October, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 376}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Norman Malet Colquhoun Thurstan|nick=Norman M. C. Thurstan|appt=19 October, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 376}}|end=15 August, 1910}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cecil Godfrey Cruttwell|nick=Cecil G. Cruttwell|appt=15 August, 1910<ref>Cruttwell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143/229.|}} f. 239.</ref>|end=20 January, 1911<ref>Cruttwell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143/229.|}} f. 239.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Paget Gibbs|nick=John P. Gibbs|appt=27 March, 1911|end=30 March, 1911|note=temporary}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Paget Gibbs|nick=John P. Gibbs|appt=27 March, 1911|end=30 March, 1911|note=temporary}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Hugh Rose Troup|nick=Hugh R. Troup|appt=30 March, 1911<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/225.|D7604637}} f. ?.</ref>|end=26 October, 1911<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/225.|D7604637}} f. ?.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Hugh Rose Troup|nick=Hugh R. Troup|appt=30 March, 1911<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/225.|D7604637}} f. ?.</ref>|end=26 October, 1911<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/225.|D7604637}} f. ?.</ref>}}

Latest revision as of 20:18, 7 February 2022

H.M.S. Snapper (1895)
Builder: Earle's Shipbuilding[1]
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: 2 Apr, 1894[3]
Launched: 30 Jan, 1895[4]
Commissioned: 14 Jan, 1896[5]
Broken up: 1912[6]

H.M.S. Snapper was one of thirty-six 27 Knotters, early Torpedo Boat Destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s.

Like most of the 27 knotters, her useful life ran its course before the Great War.

Service

Snapper was commissioned at Chatham in late February 1901 to replace Avon in the Medway Instructional Flotilla.[7]

Snapper arrived at Sheerness with six other destroyers from the North Sea on 1 October, 1901.[8]

Snapper was one of seventeen destroyers of the Reserve Division which left Sheerness on 1 July, 1905 for Spithead under the overall command of Commander R. G. Gregory in H.M.S. Spitfire.[9]

She and sixteen other destroyers of the Reserve Division arrived at Sheerness on 13 July 1905 and proceeded to Chatham.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 264.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, February 23, 1901, Issue 36386, p.9.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), October 2, 1901, Issue 36575, p.10.
  9. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 03, 1905; pg. 12; Issue 37749.
  10. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 14, 1905; pg. 10; Issue 37759.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 264.
  12. ↑ Taylour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/249. f. 293.
  13. ↑ Segrave Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 226.
  14. ↑ Segrave Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 226.
  15. ↑ Grant-Dalton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/328. f. 362.
  16. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Tuesday, 25 February 1902. (36700), p. 11.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 302a.
  18. ↑ Grant-Dalton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/328. f. 362.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 303a.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 377.
  21. ↑ Humphery Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/321. f. 323.
  22. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4.
  23. ↑ Humphery Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/321. f. 323.
  24. ↑ Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
  25. ↑ Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 376.
  27. ↑ Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/124. f. ?.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 376.
  29. ↑ Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/124. f. ?.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 376.
  31. ↑ Cruttwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/229. f. 239.
  32. ↑ Cruttwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/229. f. 239.
  33. ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/225. f. ?.
  34. ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/225. f. ?.

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