Hans Snook Executive of a wireless paging business (which subsequently became part of the Hutchison Whampoa Group). In 1992 Snook was despatched to the UK and closed Hutchison's Rabbit phone system; and instead turned efforts to developing the UK's fourth mobile phone network. On April 28, 1994 Orange was launched. Within five years Orange had developed an enviable reputation as well as a growing international presence. Mannesmann of Germany purchased Orange Plc, in a failed attempt to challenge Vodafone as the World's leading mobile phone company. This set off a chain of events which resulted in France Télécom taking ownership of Orange,
USS Snook (SSN-592) Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, "Snook" got underway on 10 January 1973 for her eighth deployment with the Seventh Fleet. During this deployment, "Snook" visited Pearl Harbor and Guam. She returned to San Diego on 16 June and began a four-week, postdeployment leave and upkeep period, followed by another four weeks engaged in sonar evaluation tests. On 26 November, following her participation in COMTUEX 12-73, "Snook" entered Mare Island Naval Shipyard to begin a refueling overhaul. "Snook" was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 14 November 1986. ex-"Snook" entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in