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H.M.S. Tarantula (1915)
Pendant Number:	P.6A (Jan 1916) P.A8 (Jan 1918)^[1]
Builder:	Wood, Skinner & Company^[2]
Ordered:	February, 1915^[3]
Launched:	18 Dec, 1915^[4]
Commissioned:	1 Jun, 1916^[5]
Expended:	1 May, 1946^[6]
Fate:	as target off Ceylon

H.M.S. Tarantula was one of twelve gunboats of the "Insect" class.

Service

She was commissioned on 1 June, 1916.^[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Commander Henry G. Sherbrooke, 28 January, 1916^[8] – 3 December, 1917
Lieutenant-Commander Christopher J. F. Eddis, 11 August, 1916^[9] – September, 1916^[10] (temporary, during Sherbrooke's illness)
Lieutenant-Commander Harold F. B. Handley, 2 December, 1917 – 22 January, 1918
Lieutenant-Commander (emergency) Frank N. Stagg, 14 March, 1918 – 18 December, 1918
Lieutenant-Commander George S. Brown, 18 December, 1918^[11]^[12] – 7 May, 1920^[13]
Commander Edward B. Cloete, 17 May, 1920^[14] – January, 1922^[15] (and as Senior Officer, West River)
Commander Cecil J. Crocker, 20 January, 1922^[16] – August, 1923 (and as Senior Officer, West River)
Commander Malcolm R. J. Maxwell-Scott, 14 September, 1923^[17] – September, 1925 (and as Senior Officer, West River)
Commander (I, Sp.) John U. P. Fitzgerald, 4 August, 1925^[18] (and as Senior Officer, West River)
Commander Marshal L. Clarke, 1 August, 1927 – 13 September, 1929 (and as Senior Officer, West River)
Commander Edye K. Boddam-Whetham, 27 July, 1929^[19]^[20] – November, 1931^[21]
Captain Kenneth H. L. MacKenzie, 2 October, 1931^[22] – November, 1932 (and as Senior Officer, West River)
Captain William G. Benn, 16 September, 1932^[23]^[24] – late 1932^[25] (and as Senior Officer, West River)
Captain Arthur R. Halfhide, 14 September, 1934^[26] – 15 October, 1936 (and as Senior Officer, West River)
Captain William K. D. Dowding, 15 October, 1936 – 20 August, 1937
Lieutenant-Commander John S. Dalison, – 7 January, 1937^[27] (hope this is the right Dalison)
Captain Angus E. M. B. Cunninghame Graham, 7 January, 1937^[28] – 8 March, 1938^[29]
Captain Henry R. P. Floyd, 8 June, 1938 – 28 November, 1939 (and as Senior Officer, West River)

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.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 870.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 278.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398c.
↑ Eddis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/98. f. ?.
↑ Eddis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/98. f. ?.
↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/15. f. 367.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 914.
↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/15. f. 367.
↑ Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
↑ Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 818.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 273.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 273.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 273.
↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
↑ Mackenzie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/175. f. .
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 279.
↑ Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
↑ Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 278.
↑ Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.
↑ Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.
↑ Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.

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] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 870.

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

[7] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 278.

[8] The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398c.

[9] Eddis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/98. f. ?.

[10] Eddis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/98. f. ?.

[11] Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/15. f. 367.

[12] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 914.

[13] Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/15. f. 367.

[14] Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.

[15] Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.

[16] The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 818.

[17] The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 273.

[18] The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 273.

[19] The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 273.

[20] Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.

[21] Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.

[22] Mackenzie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/175. f. .

[23] The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 279.

[24] Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.

[25] Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.

[26] The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 278.

[27] Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.

[28] Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.

[29] Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.

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