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 (SSN-592) USS Snook (SSN-592) USS "Snook" (SSN-592), a "Skipjack"-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the common snook, an Atlantic marine fish that is bluish-gray above and silvery below a black lateral line. Her keel was laid down by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 7 April 1958. She was launched on 31 October 1960, sponsored by Mrs. George L. Walling, mother of Commander John F. Walling, who was commanding officer of the first "Snook" (SS-279) when she was lost in action in World War II. "Snook" was commissioned on 24 October 1961