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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 12 vessels
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|-
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| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>
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|-
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! align=center | Name
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! align=center | Builder
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! align=center | Laid Down
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! align=center | Launched
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! align=center | Completed
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! align=center | Fate
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Aphis}}
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|[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]]
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|
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|15 Sep, 1915
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|
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|Sold 1947
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Bee}}
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|[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]]
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|
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|8 Dec, 1915
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|16 Mar, 1916
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|Sold 1939
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Cicala}}
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|[[Barclay Curle & Company]]
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|
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|10 Dec, 1915
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|
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|Sunk 21 Dec, 1941
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Cockchafer}}
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|[[Barclay Curle & Company]]
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|
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|16 Dec, 1915
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|
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|Sold 1949
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Cricket}}
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|[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]]
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|
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|16 Dec, 1915
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|
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|Mined Jun, 1941
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Glowworm}}
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|[[Barclay Curle & Company]]
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|
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|5 Feb, 1916
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|
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|Sold Sep, 1928
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Gnat}}
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|[[Lobnitz & Company]]
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|
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|3 Dec, 1915
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|
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|Torpedoed 12 Oct, 1941
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Ladybird}}
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|[[Lobnitz & Company]]
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|
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|12 Apr, 1916
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|
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|Sunk 12 May, 1944
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Mantis}}
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|[[William Doxford & Sons]]
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|
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|14 Sep, 1915
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|
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|Sold 20 Jan, 1940
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Moth}}
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|[[William Doxford & Sons]]
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|
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|15 Sep, 1915
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|
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|Scuttled 21 Dec, 1941
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Scarab}}
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|[[Wood, Skinner & Company]]
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|
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|7 Oct, 1915
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|
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|Broken up May, 1948
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Tarantula}}
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|[[Wood, Skinner & Company]]
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|
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|18 Dec, 1915
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|
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|Expended 1 May, 1946
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cat=Gunboat
 
cat=Gunboat
 
type=gunboat
 
type=gunboat
prefix=H.M.
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prefix=H.M.S.
  
chain=Gunboats
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chain=Small Fry,Gunboats
  
 
{ship
 
{ship
 
name=Aphis
 
name=Aphis
 
pend=P.96 (Jan 1916)<br>P.03 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
pend=P.96 (Jan 1916)<br>P.03 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
builder=[[Alisa Shipbuilding]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
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builder=[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
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order=Feb, 1915{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
laid=
 
laid=
 
launch=15 9 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
launch=15 9 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
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name=Bee
 
name=Bee
 
pend=P.99 (Jan 1916)<br>P.07 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
pend=P.99 (Jan 1916)<br>P.07 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
builder=[[Alisa Shipbuilding]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
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builder=[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order="
 
order="
 
laid=
 
laid=
 
launch=8 12 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
launch=8 12 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
comm=
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comm=16 Mar, 1916{{NLJan21|p. 731}}
 
fate=Sold
 
fate=Sold
 
fatedate=1939{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
fatedate=1939{{DittColl|p. 106}}
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name=Cicala
 
name=Cicala
 
pend=P.4A (Jan 1916)<br>P.82 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
pend=P.4A (Jan 1916)<br>P.82 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
builder=[[Barclay Curle]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
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builder=[[Barclay Curle & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
laid=
 
laid=
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name=Cockchafer
 
name=Cockchafer
 
pend=P.95 (Jan 1916)<br>P.83 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
pend=P.95 (Jan 1916)<br>P.83 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
builder=[[Barclay Curle]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
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builder=[[Barclay Curle & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
laid=
 
laid=
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name=Cricket
 
name=Cricket
 
pend=P.82 (Jan 1916)<br>P.85 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
pend=P.82 (Jan 1916)<br>P.85 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
builder=[[Alisa Shipbuilding]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
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builder=[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
laid=
 
laid=
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name=Glowworm
 
name=Glowworm
 
pend=P.94 (Jan 1916)<br>P.93 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
pend=P.94 (Jan 1916)<br>P.93 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
builder=[[Barclay Curle]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
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builder=[[Barclay Curle & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
laid=
 
laid=
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name=Gnat
 
name=Gnat
 
pend=P.97 (Jan 1916)<br>P.94 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
pend=P.97 (Jan 1916)<br>P.94 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
builder=[[Lobnitz]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
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builder=[[Lobnitz & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
laid=
 
laid=
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name=Ladybird
 
name=Ladybird
 
pend=P.5A (Jan 1916)<br>P.0A (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
pend=P.5A (Jan 1916)<br>P.0A (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
builder=[[Lobnitz]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
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builder=[[Lobnitz & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
laid=
 
laid=
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name=Mantis
 
name=Mantis
 
pend=P.0A (Jan 1916)<br>P.5A (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
pend=P.0A (Jan 1916)<br>P.5A (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
builder=[[Sunderland Shipbuilding]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
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builder=[[William Doxford & Sons]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
laid=
 
laid=
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name=Moth
 
name=Moth
 
pend=P.7A (Jan 1916)<br>P.8A (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
pend=P.7A (Jan 1916)<br>P.8A (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
builder=[[Sunderland Shipbuilding]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
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builder=[[William Doxford & Sons]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
laid=
 
laid=
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name=Scarab
 
name=Scarab
 
pend=P.98 (Jan 1916)<br>P.A2 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
pend=P.98 (Jan 1916)<br>P.A2 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
builder=[[Wood Skinner]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
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builder=[[Wood, Skinner & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
laid=
 
laid=
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{ship
 
{ship
 
name=Tarantula
 
name=Tarantula
pend=P.^a (Jan 1916)<br>P.A8 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
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pend=P.6A (Jan 1916)<br>P.A8 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
builder=[[Wood Skinner]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
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builder=[[Wood, Skinner & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
laid=
 
laid=

Latest revision as of 12:54, 9 April 2018

Britain launched twelve Insect Class Gunboats in 1915 and 1916 for riverine use.

Design

The vessels were as follows:[1]

  • 645 tons
  • 237.5 feet overall
  • 4 foot draught
  • 36 foot beam
  • 14 knots on 2000 I.H.P.

Armament

  • two 6-in guns
  • two 12-pdr guns

See Also

Footnotes

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

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 –>