H.M.S. Cricket (1915)
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| H.M.S. Cricket (1915) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | P.82 (Jan 1916) P.85 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company[2] |
| Ordered: | 2 15[3] |
| Launched: | 16 Dec, 1915[4] |
| Mined: | Jun, 1941[5] |
| Fate: | in Mediterranean |
H.M.S. Cricket was one of twelve gunboats of the "Insect" class. She had a long career on the China Station.
Service
She recommissioned at the Nore on 6 January, 1920.[6]
She reduced to Reserve at Shanghai on 23 December, 1923.[7]
She re-commissioned on 5 March, 1925.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant in Command Arthur G. Venables, 12 June, 1916[9] – 30 April, 1917
- Lieutenant in Command John Hassard-Short, 30 April, 1917[10][11] – 2 September, 1918[12]
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Austin C. Ackland, 2 September, 1918[13] – 11 October, 1918[14]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Vincent C. Large, 11 October, 1918[15] – 28 December, 1918[16]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Ernest Edkin, 28 December, 1918[17][18] – 14 April, 1919[19]
- Lieutenant in Command Ion W. G. White, 6 June, 1919[20] – 4 November, 1919
- Lieutenant-Commander John S. Morrell, 22 December, 1919[21][22]
- Lieutenant-Commander Reginald W. Lawrence, 9 June, 1922[23] – July, 1924 (and in command of Gunboats in Reserve)
- Lieutenant-Commander Noel H. Beaver, 7 June, 1924[24] – March, 1925 (and in command of Gunboats in Reserve)
- Lieutenant-Commander Colin R. St. G. Tucker, 5 March, 1925 – May, 1925
- Commander (I, Fr., Sp.) Guy N. W. Boyes, 22 April, 1925[25] – 15 January, 1927[26]
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry Hamilton, 15 January, 1927[27][28] – December, 1928[29] (vice Boyes)
- Lieutenant-Commander (I, Ch.) St. John G. H. Pitt, 1 November, 1928[30] – 1929
- Lieutenant-Commander Hugh Gartside-Tippinge, 18 September, 1929[31][32] – 26 October, 1931[33]
- Lieutenant-Commander William E. Wilson, 11 August, 1931[34]
- Lieutenant-Commander James Sanders, 8 February, 1934[35][36]
- Lieutenant-Commander James I. M. Ashby, 6 February, 1936[37]
- Commander Harold T. Armstrong, 28 October, 1938[38] – mid 1939[39]
- Commander (emergency) Herbert V. Creer, August, 1940[40] – 5 October, 1940[41]
- Lieutenant in Command John L. Goatley, 5 October, 1940[42] – 11 January, 1941[43]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edwin B. Carnduff, 11 January, 1941[44] – mid 1941[45]
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. 755.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 229.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 226.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 393k.
- ↑ Hassard-Short Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/230. f. 276.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392w.
- ↑ Hassard-Short Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/230. f. 276.
- ↑ Ackland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/174. f. 379.
- ↑ Ackland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/174. f. 379.
- ↑ Ship's Logbook.
- ↑ Ship's Logbook.
- ↑ Edkin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/6. f. 6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 770.
- ↑ Edkin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/6. f. 6.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 12 July 1919, p. 17.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, December 24, 1919, Issue 42291, p.4.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 755.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 744.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 229.
- ↑ Boyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/152/29. f. 31.
- ↑ Boyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/152/29. f. 31.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/318. f. 316.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 228.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/318. f. 316.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 229.
- ↑ Gartside-Tippinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/128. f. 128.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 228.
- ↑ Gartside-Tippinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/128. f. 128.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 227.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 226.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 8 Jan. 1934, p. 3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 226.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 270.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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