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|builder=[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
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==Service==
 
==Service==
She recommissioned 1 July, 1920, tender to {{UK-Egmont}}.{{NLJan21|p. 726}}
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''Aphis'' was re-commissioned 1 July, 1920, tender to {{UK-Egmont}}.{{NLJan21|p. 726}}
  
 
On 13 July 1920, she joined {{UK-Tilbury}} for a transit westward from the Dardanelles, stopping at Corinth on the 14th to be oiled and suffering an engine breakdown of a few hours duration on the 15th.  It is possible but not certain that she continued with ''Tilbury'' to arrive at Malta on the 15th.{{PeakeDiary|unnumbered pages}}
 
On 13 July 1920, she joined {{UK-Tilbury}} for a transit westward from the Dardanelles, stopping at Corinth on the 14th to be oiled and suffering an engine breakdown of a few hours duration on the 15th.  It is possible but not certain that she continued with ''Tilbury'' to arrive at Malta on the 15th.{{PeakeDiary|unnumbered pages}}
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She paid off to a C. & M. party on 4 May, 1921.{{NLFeb26|p. 215}}
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She was re-commissioned on 29 January, 1927 at Malta and made her way back to the [[China Station]], remaining there until at least mid-1937.{{NLJul27|p. 215}}{{NLJul37|p. 215}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Aphis''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Aphis|f=p}}}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Aphis''">
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=James Bayley|nick=James Bayley|appt=25 July, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 391''j''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Burnaby Noble|nick=Frederick B. Noble|appt=9 November, 1915<ref>Noble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/248.|D7603034}} f. 282.</ref>|end=25 July, 1916<ref>Noble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/248.|D7603034}} f. 282.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gerald Aylmer Wilson|nick=Gerald A. Wilson|appt=28 June, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 730}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=James Bayley|nick=James Bayley|appt=25 July, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 391''j''}}|end=28 June, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Stephen Phillimore|nick=Stephen Phillimore|appt=19 November, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 726}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gerald Aylmer Wilson|nick=Gerald A. Wilson|appt=28 June, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 730}}|end=1 March, 1919}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cyril Prescott Franklin|nick=Cyril P. Franklin|appt=1 March, 1919{{NLJun19|p. 730}}|end=19 November, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Stephen Phillimore|nick=Stephen Phillimore|appt=19 November, 1919<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/208|D7604620}} f. 278.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 726}}|end=July, 1921<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/208|D7604620}} f. 278.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Thurston Wake Pawsey|nick=Henry T. W. Pawsey|appt=27 December, 1926{{NLJan28|p. 215}}|end=late 1928}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hilary Dorsett Owen|nick=Hilary D. Owen|appt=late 1928|end=June, 1930}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Percy Edgar Healey|nick=Percy E. Healey|appt=10 May, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 216}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''I''', ''Jp.'')|name=William Bruce Keith|nick=William B. Keith|appt=17 May, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 215}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Hedley Selborne Rodger|nick=Robert H. S. Rodger|appt=8 February, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 215}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Basil Stewart Tennant|nick=Robert B. S. Tennant|appt=6 February, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 215}}|end=}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
{{refbegin}}
 
{{refbegin}}
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Aphis_(1915)}}
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-11-HMS_Aphis.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Aphis_(1915)}}
 
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Revision as of 13:52, 10 July 2019

H.M.S. Aphis (1915)
Pendant Number: P.96 (Jan 1916)
P.03 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Ailsa Shipbuilding Company[2]
Ordered: Feb, 1915[3]
Launched: 15 Sep, 1915[4]
Sold: 1947[5]
Fate: at Singapore
H.M.S. Aphis was one of twelve gunboats of the "Insect" class.

Service

Aphis was re-commissioned 1 July, 1920, tender to Egmont.[6]

On 13 July 1920, she joined Tilbury for a transit westward from the Dardanelles, stopping at Corinth on the 14th to be oiled and suffering an engine breakdown of a few hours duration on the 15th. It is possible but not certain that she continued with Tilbury to arrive at Malta on the 15th.[7]

She paid off to a C. & M. party on 4 May, 1921.[8]

She was re-commissioned on 29 January, 1927 at Malta and made her way back to the China Station, remaining there until at least mid-1937.[9][10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  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. (January, 1921). p. 726.
  7. A. W. Peake. Personal diary. unnumbered pages.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 215.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 215.
  11. Noble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/248. f. 282.
  12. Noble Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/248. f. 282.
  13. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391j.
  14. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 730.
  15. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 730.
  16. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/208 f. 278.
  17. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 726.
  18. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/208 f. 278.
  19. The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 215.
  20. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.
  21. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 215.
  22. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 215.
  23. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 215.

Bibliography

  • Personal diary of A. W. Peake (1918-1920). Original article kindly donated to Dreadnought Project by Alan Beckett of Southend on Sea, Essex.


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 –>