Snapper (N39)
| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | S Group 2 |
| Fate: | Lost in the Bay of Biscay cause unknown on 11th February 1941. |
Snapper (N39)
Roll of Honour
| Name | Rank | Number | Hons | Age |
| Alston, George Michael Hamilton | Sub Lieutenant | 22 | ||
| Ashby, Eric Arthur Ernest | Lieutenant (RNR) | 28 | ||
| Bashford, Fred George Sidney James | Leading Stoker | C/KX 83867 | MID | 25 |
| Bell, Alfred | Leading Stoker | C/KX 82831 | 28 | |
| Chittleburgh, Leslie William | Leading Seaman | D/JX 149652 | 20 | |
| Clements, Ronald Frederick | Leading Seaman | D/J 111140 | 31 | |
| Connolly, Reuben | Petty Officer Telegraphist | P/JX 125604 | MID | 30 |
| Cooper, Arthur John | Engine Room Artificer 1st Class | C/M 35070 | DSM | 37 |
| Dearn, Archie Sidney Albert | Petty Officer | D/J 105902 | 34 | |
| Dobbie, Richard | Able Seaman | C/SSX 18111 | 21 | |
| CWGC has C/SS 18117 | ||||
| Dodson, Richard Arthur Wilkinson | Telegraphist | C/SSX 25367 | 20 | |
| Doucy, Charles Arthur | Able Seaman | P/JX 167380 | 21 | |
| Farmer, Robert Gale | Leading Stoker | D/KX 84307 | 25 | |
| Furlong, James William | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | C/MX 52491 | 26 | |
| Gray, James Leonard | Able Seaman | C/SSX 20054 | 23 | |
| Halloran, Daniel Patrick | Warrant Engineer | (Ex.M38824) | MID | 31 |
| CWGC has Age 30, with DoB of 07/10/1917 Age is 23 | ||||
| Hill, Walter Ernest Henry | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 94286 | 21 | |
| Hobbs, Ronald Arthur | Leading Telegraphist | C/JX 148131 | 20 | |
| Jones, Kenneth Watkins | Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class | D/MX 52698 | 25 | |
| Laker, John William | Chief Petty Officer | C/J 103942 | 34 | |
| Lawson, Myles Edward | Leading Seaman | C/JX 127646 | MID | 29 |
| Matthews, Edward George | Petty Officer | C/JX 106725 | MID | 33 |
| McCleave, Thomas John | Stoker 1st Class | D/KX 108584 | 21 | |
| Mellows, George Harry | Able Seaman | D/JX 127284 | MID | 30 |
| Munro, William | Leading Stoker | C/KX 88739 | 25 | |
| Nesling, Reginald Ashton | Leading Signalman | C/JX 140123 | 23 | |
| Palmer, Stephen | Able Seaman | P/SS 10028 | 40 | |
| Parsons, Victor John | Leading Stoker | P/KX 82762 | DSM | 26 |
| Penny, Raymond Roy | Leading Seaman | P/SSX 18730 | 21 | |
| Plumb, Charles | Stoker Petty Officer | C/KX 78684 | MID | 37 |
| Pownall, Harold William | Leading Telegraphist | P/J 114652 | 32 | |
| Prowse, Geoffrey Vernon | Lieutenant | 28 | ||
| Rosewarne, William Alfred | Able Seaman | D/J 125972 | 30 | |
| Stewart, Archibald | Petty Officer | D/J 103391 | DSM | 35 |
| Straw, Clarence | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 79136 | 31 | |
| Talbot, Edward Bartle | Lieutenant | 25 | ||
| Thompson, Edward Hutchinson | Telegraphist | D/JX 134059 | 27 | |
| Thompson, Edward Hutchinson. CWGC has Thompson, Edward Hutchison | ||||
| Undy, Joseph | Engine Room Artificer 5th Class | C/MX 70111 | 21 | |
| Watson, James | Stoker 1st Class | C/KX 94647 | 21 | |
| White, Kenneth Rhesa | Stoker 1st Class | P/KX 92291 | 23 | |
| White, Percival John | Able Seaman | P/J 46779 | 40 | |
| Winder, John Thurston | Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | D/MX 60552 | 21 | |
Events
| 18-09-1933 : | Laid Down |
| 25-10-1934 : | Launched |
| 14-06-1935 : | Completed |
| 03-12-1939 : | HMS Snapper is mistakenly attacked by a British aircraft when returning to Harwich after a patrol in the North Sea. Although suffering a direct hit no damage was done. |
| 12-04-1940 : | HMS Snapper sinks the small German tanker Moonsund with gunfire off Larvik, Norway. |
| 14-04-1940 : | While operating in the Skaggerak HMS Snapper torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Florida. |
| 15-04-1940 : | Still operating in the Skaggerak HMS Snapper torpedoed and sinks the German auxiliary minesweepers M 1701/H.M. Behrens and M 1702/Carsten Janssen north-east of Skagen, Denmark. |
| 06-05-1940 : | HMS Snapper attackes the German armed merchant cruiser Schiff 21/Widder with 2 torpedoes east of Denmark. However the torpedoes miss their target. |
| 25-06-1940 : | HMS Snapper torpedoes and sinks the German armed trawler V 1107/Portland south of Stavanger, Norway. |
| 03-07-1940 : | HMS Snapper torpedoes and sinks the Norwegian merchant Cygnus west of Hadryet, Norway. |
| 11-02-1941 : | HMS Snapper sailed from the Clyde to patrol in the Bay of Biscay off Ushant. She was not heard from again. It is possible that she fell victem to German minefield. However it is also possible that she was sunk by German warships since a submarine attacked the German minesweepers M-2, M-13 and M-25 on the night of the 10/11th February in the area where Snapper might have been. The submarine was subjected to a counterattack in which 56 depth charges were dropped |
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