HMS Snapper (39S)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Snapper.
HMS Snapper was a second-batch S-class submarine built during the 1930s for the Royal Navy. Completed in 1935, the boat participated in the Second World War. Snapper is one of the 12 boats named in the song "Twelve Little S-Boats".
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Name | Snapper |
Ordered | 13 June 1933 |
Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
Laid down | 18 September 1933 |
Launched | 25 October 1934 |
Completed | 14 June 1935 |
Fate | Sunk, February 1941 |
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Class and type | S-class submarine |
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Length | 208 ft 8 in (63.6 m) |
Beam | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 10 in (3.6 m) |
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Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surface; 64 nmi (119 km; 74 mi) at 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged |
Test depth | 300 feet (91.4 m) |
Complement | 40 |
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