Hans Snook Hans Snook Hans Roger Snook (born 26 May 1948) is a businessman, best known for his time as the founder, with Graham Howe and Chief Executive of UK mobile phone company Orange. He was born to a German mother and a British father, and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he went to the University of British Columbia. He then began a career in hotel management, which led him to Calgary for six years. In 1983, he set off on a round the world trip, which was cut short when he arrived in Hong Kong and became Chief
USS Snook (SS-279) Luzon Strait. On 12 April, she was ordered to take lifeguard station in the vicinity of Sakishima Gunto in support of British carrier air strikes. On 20 April, the commander of the British carrier task force reported that he had a plane down in "Snook"'s assigned area, and that he could not contact the submarine by radio. "Snook" was ordered to search the area and to acknowledge the order. When she failed to make a transmission, submarine was sent to make the search and rendezvous with "Snook". Although "Bang" arrived and rescued the downed aviators, she saw no sign of