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Snapper 1896

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Salmon		384	Earle, Hull	12.3.1894	15.1.1895	1.1896	sold 5.1912
Snapper		385	Earle, Hull	2.4.1894	30.1.1895	1.1896	sold 5.1912

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	305
Displacement full, t	340
Length, m	61.5 oa 61.0 pp
Breadth, m	5.97
Draught, m	2.36
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 3-cyl VTE, 8 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	3700
Max speed, kts	27
Fuel, t	coal 65
Endurance, nm(kts)	3000(10)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 5 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 450 TT (4)
Complement	52

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Project history

Before the Havock had completed it was decided to order another six destroyers from Thornycroft and Yarrow. Another nine were ordered from other builders making up, a few months later, the 1893/94 Programme. Apart from a slight increase in size the main difference was that the gun armament was increased by 2 57mm guns. The first six (the Thornycroft and Yarrow boats) had a bow tube fitted, but it was found to throw up clouds of spray in anything except a flat calm, had a bad effect on seakeeping and was soon removed. These vessels had four funnels, the middle pair closely spaced.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.