H.M.S. Aphis (1915)
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H.M.S. Aphis (1915) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.96 (Jan 1916) P.03 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Alisa Shipbuilding[2] |
Ordered: | Feb, 1915[3] |
Launched: | 15 Sep, 1915[4] |
Sold: | 1947[5] |
Fate: | at Singapore |
H.M.S. Aphis was one of twelve gunboats of the "Insect" class.
Service
She recommissioned 1 July, 1920, tender to Egmont.[6]
On 13 July 1920, she joined Tilbury for a transit westward from the Dardanelles, stopping at Corinth on the 14th to be oiled and suffering an engine breakdown of a few hours duration on the 15th. It is possible but not certain that she continued with Tilbury to arrive at Malta on the 15th.[7]
She paid off to a C. & M. party on 4 May, 1921.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) James Bayley, 25 July, 1916[9]
- Lieutenant-Commander Gerald A. Wilson, 28 June, 1918[10] – 1 March, 1919[11][12]
- Commander Cyril P. Franklin, 1 March, 1919[13]
- Lieutenant-Commander Stephen Phillimore, 19 November, 1919[14]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 726.
- ↑ A. W. Peake. Personal diary. unnumbered pages.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391j.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 730.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 730.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 730.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 730.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 726.
Bibliography
- Personal diary of A. W. Peake (1918-1920). Original article kindly donated to Dreadnought Project by Alan Beckett of Southend on Sea, Essex.
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