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'''H.M.S. ''Peterel''''' was a river gunboat built for service in the [[Royal Navy]] in the 1920s. 

There was an earlier ship of the same name, the {{UK-1Peterel|f=t}}, launched in 1899.

==Service==
''Peterel'' spent her career on the [[China Station]], primarily plying the Yangtse River.  She was lost to Japanese forces in close combat on 8 December, 1941 as she tried to stall for time to destroy secret materials.  Lacking breech blocks for her 3-in guns, she fought back with small arms before sinking.

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Edward Heaton|nick=Hugh E. Heaton|appt=July, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 259}}|end=}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Peterel_(1927)}}
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==Footnotes==
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