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Revision as of 15:22, 25 November 2019

H.M.S. Snapper (1934)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard
Ordered: 1932 Programme
Launched: 25 Oct, 1934
Commissioned: 19 Mar, 1935[1]
Sunk: Feb, 1941

H.M.S. Snapper was one of sixty-two "S" Class submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Chatham on 19 March, 1935 for service in the First Submarine Flotilla on the Mediterranean.[2]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 276.
  2. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 276.
  3. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 276.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 276.
  5. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  6. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  7. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  8. Uboat.net page on the ship.


"S" Class Submarine
1929 and 1930 Programmes
  Swordfish Sturgeon Seahorse Starfish  
1931 – 1935 Programmes
  Sealion Shark Snapper Salmon  
  Seawolf Spearfish Sunfish Sterlet  
1939 – 1944 Programmes
Safari Sahib Saracen Satyr Sceptre
Seadog Sibyl Sea Rover Seraph Shakespeare
P222 Sea Nymph Sickle Simoom Sirdar
Spiteful Splendid Sportsman Stoic Stonehenge
Storm Stratagem Strongbow Spark Scythian
Stubborn Surf Syrtis Shalimar Scotsman
Sea Devil Spirit Statesman Sturdy Stygian
Subtle Supreme Sea Scout Selene Seneschal
Sentinel Sidon Sleuth Solent Spearhead
Springer Saga Scorcher Spur Sanguine
<– Rainbow Class Submarines (UK) River Class –>