Church Snapper Ground

Places of Interest

HMS Vixen

Disaster remains

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HMS Vixen was an armoured composite gunboat, the only ship of her class, and the third ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was the first Royal Navy vessel to have twin propellers.

Somerset Bridge

Bridge

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Somerset Bridge is a small bridge in Bermuda connecting Somerset Island with the mainland in the western parish of Sandys, Somerset Bridge is reputedly the smallest working drawbridge in the world. Somerset Bridge is situated 4 km southeast of Church Snapper Ground.

Places in the Area

Somerset Village

Village

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Somerset is a small, unincorporated village in the northwest area of Bermuda, located in Sandys Parish. It lies in the northern half of Somerset Island. Somerset Village is situated 3½ km east of Church Snapper Ground.

Royal Naval Dockyard

Village

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HMD Bermuda was the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War. The Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda had occupied a useful position astride the homeward leg taken by many European vessels from the New World since before its settlement by England in 1609. Royal Naval Dockyard is situated 8 km northeast of Church Snapper Ground.

Southampton Parish

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Southampton Parish is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda. At the southwest of the island chain, it occupies all of the western part of the main island, except for the westernmost tip.

Church Snapper Ground

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