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| Ralph Snook joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet at the RN College, Osborne on 15th Sep 1903. He was promoted to Midshipman on 15th May 1908 and, on the same date he was appointed to the Armoured Cruiser HMS Bacchante. An appointment to the Armoured Cruiser HMS Aboukir followed on 6th Nov 1909 and promotion to Sub Lieutenant followed on 15th Jul 1911. Sub Lieutenant Ralph Snook was appointed to HMS Dolphin 'for Submarine Training' on 1st May 1913 and was appointed to the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Thames 'for Submarine C2' in June 1913. He was promoted Lieutenant on 15th July 1913 then appointed to the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Bonaventure 'for Submarines' on 25th Aug 1913. His next appointment (recorded on the Nominal List dated 8th April 1915) was to HMS Dolphin 'for Submarine V1 as First Lieutenant' to date 6th Apr 1915. His appointment was changed on 24th May 1915 to the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Maidstone (8th Submarine Flotilla) at Harwich 'for Submarine V4 as First Lieutenant'. Five months later the Nominal List for 7th October 1915 notes that he had been appointed to HMS Maidstone 'for Submarine E4 as First Lieutenant' to date 22nd Sep 1915. The first command for Ralph Snook is recorded in the Nominal list for 1st April 1916 when he was appointed to the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Forth'); attached to the 9th Submarine Flotilla) at Harwich 'for Submarine C21 in Command' to date 1st Apr 1916. Submarine C21 was transferred to the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Arrogant at Dover as shown in the Nominal List for 1st July 1916. His next Command came on 5th Dec 1916 (Nominal List dated 1st Jan 1917) when he was appointed to HMS Dolphin 'for Submarine C20 in Command'. His appointment to the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Maidstone 'for Submarine E50 in Command' to date 17th Jul 1917 was reported in the Nominal List of 1st August 1917. Ralph Snook was the son of the late F W Snook and Mrs Snook. His wife was Constance Marjorie Percy Smith whom he married on 17th Apr 1917. |
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I have often looked for an opportunity of paying tribute to our submariners.
There is no branch of His Majesty's Forces which in this war has suffered the same proportion of total loss as our submarine service.
It is the most dangerous of all services.
That is perhaps the reason why the First Lord tells me that the entry into it is keenly sought by Officers and Men.
I feel sure the House would wish to testify its gratitude and admiration to our Submariners for their Skill - Courage and Devotion which has proved of inestimable value to the sustenance of our country.
Winston Churchill
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