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

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

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.

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