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H.M.S. Scarab (1915)
Pendant Number:	P.98 (Jan 1916) P.A2 (Jan 1918)^[1]
Builder:	Wood, Skinner & Company^[2]
Ordered:	2 15^[3]
Launched:	7 Oct, 1915^[4]
Broken up:	May, 1948^[5]
Fate:	at Singapore

H.M.S. Scarab was one of twelve "Insect" class gunboats of the Royal Navy. She spent much of her career stationed on the Yangtse River.

Service

She was re-commissioned on 6 December, 1915 and apparently operated continuously on the China Station until at least mid 1937.^[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant-Commander Stephen Phillimore, 14 November, 1915^[7]^[8] – August, 1918^[9]
Acting Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command John L. Croasdaile, 20 August, 1918 (temporary)
Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.V.R. R. C. Primrose, May, 1917^[10] – February, 1919^[11]^[12]
Lieutenant-Commander David Wardlaw-Ramsay, 18 February, 1919^[13]^[14] – 11 April, 1921^[15]
Lieutenant-Commander Alexander G. B. Wilson, 14 January, 1921^[16]^[17] – January, 1923
Lieutenant-Commander Humphrey E. Archer, 27 January, 1923^[18]^[19] – March, 1925^[20]
Lieutenant-Commander Noel H. Beaver, January, 1925^[21] – 1926^{[Fact Check]}
Lieutenant-Commander Gerald E. Boultbee, 15 July, 1926^[22] – February, 1928^[23]
Lieutenant-Commander Cedric Naylor, 9 January, 1928^[24] – 25 July, 1930^{[Fact Check]}
Lieutenant-Commander Richard I. Clutterbuck, 3 May, 1930^[25] – March, 1932^[26] (vice Naylor)
Lieutenant-Commander Harry T. Strawbridge, 1 February, 1932^[27] – 24 July, 1933^[Inference]
Lieutenant-Commander Thomas Harland, 24 July, 1933^[28]
Lieutenant-Commander William C. Bushell, 6 September, 1935^[29]
Lieutenant-Commander Hugh F. Robertson-Aikman, 26 September, 1938^[30] – 16 April, 1940^[31]
Lieutenant-Commander John A. Agnew, 30 April, 1940^[32] – 22 October, 1940^[33]
Lieutenant R.N.V.R. in Command Patrick P. Shellard, 22 October, 1940^[34] – late 1941^[35]
Lieutenant in Command Jack B. Cox, late 1941^[36] – early 1943^[37]
Temporary Lieutenant R.N.Z.N.V.R. in Command Ewan Cameron, early 1943^[38] – February, 1944^[39]
Temporary Lieutenant R.N.V.R. in Command Edward A. Hawkesworth, February, 1944^[40] – January, 1945^[41]
Lieutenant R.N.V.R. in Command Douglas M. Watson, January, 1945^[42] – 5 July, 1945^[43]
Acting Lieutenant-Commander Barry J. Anderson, 6 July, 1945^[44] – November, 1945^[45]

The exact interplay between the first 3-4 commanders should be clarified.

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. (July, 1937). p. 273.
↑ Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/208 f. 278.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397v.
↑ Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/208 f. 278.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 904.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 904.
↑ Wardlaw-Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/320. f. 694.
↑ Wardlaw-Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/320. f. 694.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 861.
↑ Wardlaw-Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/320. f. 694.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jan 18, 1921; pg. 8; Issue 42621.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 808.
↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/216. f. 586.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 268.
↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/216. f. 586.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 268.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 267.
↑ Boultbee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/51. f. 51.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 267.
↑ Clutterbuck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/121. f. 121.
↑ Clutterbuck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/121. f. 121.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 271.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 273.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 273.
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Bibliography

Insect Class Gunboat

Aphis

Bee

Cicala

Cockchafer

Cricket

Glowworm

Gnat

Ladybird

Mantis

Moth

Scarab

Tarantula

<–

Fly Class

Small Fry (UK)

"P" Class

–>

<–

Fly Class

Gunboats (UK)

H.M.S. Peterel

–>

[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.

[2] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.

[3] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.

[4] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.

[5] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.

[6] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 273.

[7] Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/208 f. 278.

[8] The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397v.

[9] Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/208 f. 278.

[10] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 904.

[11] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 904.

[12] Wardlaw-Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/320. f. 694.

[13] Wardlaw-Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/320. f. 694.

[14] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 861.

[15] Wardlaw-Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/320. f. 694.

[16] "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jan 18, 1921; pg. 8; Issue 42621.

[17] The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 808.

[18] Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/216. f. 586.

[19] The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 268.

[20] Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/216. f. 586.

[21] The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 268.

[22] The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 267.

[23] Boultbee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/51. f. 51.

[24] The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 267.

[25] Clutterbuck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/121. f. 121.

[26] Clutterbuck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/121. f. 121.

[27] The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 271.

[28] The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 273.

[29] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 273.

[30] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[31] Uboat.net page on the ship.

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+The exact interplay between the first 3-4 commanders should be clarified.
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