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
German destroyer Z18 Hans Lüdemann the fjord. "Z17 Diether von Roeder" remained offshore to provide support if necessary and to serve as a picket ship in case the British intended to interfere with the operation. About 11:00 the troops were ordered to reboard their destroyers which proceeded to Narvik. Shortly after midnight, "Z18 Hans Lüdemann" was ordered to start fuelling from the whale factory ship . Shortly after dawn on 10 April, the ship was still tied up to "Jan Wellem" when the five destroyers of the British 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, "Hardy", "Havock", "Hunter", "Hotspur", and "Hero" appeared. As soon as the German destroyer maneuvered