HMS SNIPE served on the America and West Indies Station after working up in 1946. The ship stayed on that Station, apart from return to UK for re-commissioning until 1952 when she joined a Frigate Flotilla in the Home Fleet. After attending the Coronation Review in 1953 she was went into the Reserve Fleet at Devonport. The ship was later transferred to the Barry Reserve Fleet Sub-Division and then placed on the Disposal List for demolition by J Cashmore at Newport,, Monmouth. She arrived in tow at the breaker’s yard on 2nd August 1960.
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