H.M.S. Snapper (1895)
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| 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.
- Lieutenant & Commander Algernon E. B. Greville, 14 January, 1896[11] – 11 February, 1897 (in command for Annual Manoeuvres of 1896)
- Lieutenant & Commander Edward S. Houseman, 11 February, 1897 – 10 March, 1898 (participated in the Jubilee Naval Review and the Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Lieutenant in Command Basil R. H. Taylour, 10 March, 1898[12] – 18 April, 1898 (left upon resigning his commission)
- Lieutenant & Commander Thomas F. T. Michell, 22 April, 1898 – 18 February, 1899
- Lieutenant & Commander Godfrey G. Webster, 2 February, 1899 – 15 March, 1899
- Lieutenant in Command John R. Segrave, 28 February, 1901[13] – 12 October, 1901[14] (including Annual Manoeuvres of 1901?)
- Lieutenant in Command John F. Grant-Dalton, 14 February, 1902[15][16][17] – 17 October, 1902[18]
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles M. Foot, 17 October, 1902[19] – 18 May, 1903
- Lieutenant & Commander Bernard J. H. Ward, 16 May, 1903 – 26 June, 1903
- Lieutenant & Commander Bernard J. H. Ward, 10 January, 1904[20] – 11 October, 1904
- Lieutenant & Commander Reginald C. L. Owen, 11 October, 1904 – 29 October, 1904
- Lieutenant & Commander Alfred B. Humphery, 3 January, 1905[21][22] – 14 August, 1905[23] (removed for "slackness of discipline")
- Lieutenant & Commander Hugh T. Prichard, 14 August, 1905[24] – 1 January, 1907[25]
- Lieutenant & Commander Philip L. Goddard, 1 January, 1907[26] – 12 March, 1909
- Lieutenant & Commander Herbert G. Briggs, 12 March, 1909[27][28] – 18 October, 1909[29]
- Lieutenant & Commander Norman M. C. Thurstan, 19 October, 1909[30] – 15 August, 1910
- Lieutenant & Commander Cecil G. Cruttwell, 15 August, 1910[31] – 20 January, 1911[32]
- Lieutenant & Commander John P. Gibbs, 27 March, 1911 – 30 March, 1911 (temporary)
- Lieutenant & Commander Hugh R. Troup, 30 March, 1911[33] – 26 October, 1911[34]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 264.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, February 23, 1901, Issue 36386, p.9.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), October 2, 1901, Issue 36575, p.10.
- ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 03, 1905; pg. 12; Issue 37749.
- ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 14, 1905; pg. 10; Issue 37759.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 264.
- ↑ Taylour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/249. f. 293.
- ↑ Segrave Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 226.
- ↑ Segrave Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 226.
- ↑ Grant-Dalton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/328. f. 362.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Tuesday, 25 February 1902. (36700), p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 302a.
- ↑ Grant-Dalton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/328. f. 362.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 303a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 377.
- ↑ Humphery Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/321. f. 323.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4.
- ↑ Humphery Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/321. f. 323.
- ↑ Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
- ↑ Prichard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/356. f. 401.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 376.
- ↑ Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/124. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 376.
- ↑ Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/124. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 376.
- ↑ Cruttwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/229. f. 239.
- ↑ Cruttwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143/229. f. 239.
- ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/225. f. ?.
- ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/225. f. ?.
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