HMS Snapper

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Snapper, 1895
Type: Torpedo Boat Destroyer ; Armament 5 x 6 pdr ; 2 x TT
Launched : 30 Jan 1895 ; Disposal date or year : 14 May 1912
Displacement: 270 tons
Complement: 50
Machinery notes: 4,500 IHP ; Speed ; 27.9 knots ;
Notes:

26 Jun 1897 Present at the Naval Review at Spithead in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee.


Snapper II, late Calcutta, late Excellent, late Handy, 1884
Type: Gun-Boat
Purchased : 1884 ;
Displacement: 508 tons
Notes:

1891 Handy renamed Excellent.

1916 Excellent renamed Calcutta.

1917 Calcutta renamed Snapper II.

NL Jan 1921 based at Portsmouth.