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HMS Snapper 1940
The British submarine HMSM Snapper with crew on deck.
Hull number 39S. Type S Is 25.10.1934.
Was inducted into the North Sea and Atlantic. Sinks the German tanker Moonsund, the German merchant ship Florida, supporting destroyers M1701 and M1702, the German armed trawler V 1107 and merchant ship Cygnus.
Snapper was reported Missing in the Bay of Biscay February 1941.
Events
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
HMS Snapper 1940
The British submarine HMSM Snapper with crew on deck.
Hull number 39S. Type S Is 25.10.1934.
Was inducted into the North Sea and Atlantic. Sinks the German tanker Moonsund, the German merchant ship Florida, supporting destroyers M1701 and M1702, the German armed trawler V 1107 and merchant ship Cygnus.
Snapper was reported Missing in the Bay of Biscay February 1941.
Events
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