H.M.S. Aphis (1915)

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H.M.S. Aphis (1915)
Pendant Number: P.96 (Jan 1916)
P.03 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Alisa Shipbuilding[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

She recommissioned 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]

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. (November, 1917). p. 391j.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 730.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 730.
  11. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 730.
  12. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 730.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 726.

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
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