HMS Snapper (1895)

HMS Snapper was a Salmon-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1895, and served in home waters.

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:	vertical triple-expansion steam engines Coal-fired Normand boilers 3,600 hp (2,685 kW)
Speed:	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Armament:	1 × QF 12-pounder gun 3 × 6-pounder guns 3 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

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] and took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII.[5] Lieutenant Charles Montagu Foot was appointed in command on 17 October 1902.[6]

She was sold off in 1911.

Notes

1. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36409). London. 22 March 1901. p. 11.
2. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36700). London. 25 February 1902. p. 11.
3. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36775). London. 23 May 1902. p. 4.
4. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36786). London. 5 June 1902. p. 7.
5. "Naval Review at Spithead". The Times (36847). London. 15 August 1902. p. 5.
6. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36882). London. 25 September 1902. p. 8.

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