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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Cockchafer'' (1915)|fate2=at Singapore
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|fatedate=1949{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
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|order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
|order=2 15{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
|name=Cockchafer
 
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|launch=16 Dec, 1915{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
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|builder=[[Barclay Curle]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
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|builder=[[Barclay Curle & Company]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
|fate=Sold
 
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|pend=P.95 (Jan 1916)<br>P.83 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Cockchafer''''' was one of 12 gunboats of the [[Insect Class Gunboat (1915)|Insect class]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Cockchafer''''' was one of 12 gunboats of the [[Insect Class Gunboat (1915)|"Insect" class]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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She recommissioned at the Nore on 6 January, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 746a}}
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She recommissioned at the Nore on 6 January, 1920.{{NLJan33|p. 222}}
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By the mid 1920s, she was in service on the [[Yangtse River]], serving there until at least mid 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 223}}
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In August and September of 1926, she was involved in the ''Wanhsien'' Incident on the river, in which she sought to protect British-owned river steamers from capture.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Aubrey C. Thursfield]], 22 December, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 746a}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Herbert Maynard Denny|nick=Herbert M. Denny|appt=8 July, 1916<ref>Denny Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/250.|D7603036}} f. 284.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 393''c''}}|end=12 May, 1917<ref>Denny Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/250.|D7603036}} f. 284.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRNR}} in Command|name=Gordon Lewis Simner|nick=Gordon L. Simner|appt=23 June, 1917<ref>Simner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/27.|}}  f. 27.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 392''l''}}|end=19 March, 1918<ref>Simner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/27.|}}  f. 27.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRNR}} in Command|name=Charles Hester|nick=Charles Hester|appt=16 March, 1918{{NLFeb19|p.758}}|end=28 May, 1919<ref>Hester Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/235.}} f. 235.</ref>|note=superseded, it seems, for being rather odious}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Quintin Bernard Preston-Thomas|nick=Quintin B. Preston-Thomas|appt=May, 1919|end=November, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Aubrey Charles Thursfield|nick=Aubrey C. Thursfield|appt=22 December, 1919<ref>Thursfield Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/87.|D7604842}} f. 93.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 746''a''}}|end=January, 1922<ref>Thursfield Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/87.|D7604842}} f. 93.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ivan Walter Whitehorn|nick=Ivan W. Whitehorn|appt=12 December, 1923{{NLApr25|p. 226}}|end=August, 1925}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Salisbury Hamilton Simpson|nick=Salisbury H. Simpson|appt=August, 1925<ref>Simpson Service Records.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604377}} f. 151.</ref>|end=|note=and as S.N.O., Upper River|end=28 November, 1926<ref>Simpson Service Records.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604377}} f. 151.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Leon Stopford Acheson|nick=Leon S. Acheson|appt=20 July, 1925|end=August, 1925}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Leon Stopford Acheson|nick=Leon S. Acheson|appt=October, 1925|end=November, 1926}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Scott Bardwell|nick=William S. Bardwell|appt=16 October, 1926<ref>Bardwell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/87.|D7605674}} f. 87.</ref>{{NLJul27|p. 225}}|end=September, 1928<ref>Bardwell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/87.|D7605674}} f. 87.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percival Clive Wickham Manwaring|nick=Percival C. W. Manwaring|appt=20 August, 1928<ref>Manwaring Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/92.|}} f. 93.</ref>{{NLFeb29|p. 225}}|end=September, 1930<ref>Manwaring Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/92.|}} f. 93.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Douglas Young-Jamieson|nick=Douglas Young-Jamieson|appt=20 August, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 224}}<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}}  f. 44.</ref>|end=September, 1932<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}}  f. 44.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Schomberg Hammill|nick=John S. Hammill|appt=20 August, 1932<ref>Hammill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/4.|}} f. 3.</ref>{{NLJan33|p. 222}}|end=January, 1934<ref>Hammill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/4.|}} f. 3.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Jack Tuthill Borrett|nick=Jack T. Borrett|appt=January, 1934<ref>Borrett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/154.|}} f. 156.</ref>|end=24 November, 1935<ref>Borrett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/154.|}} f. 156.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Roderick Larken Moore|nick=Roderick L. Moore|appt=24 November, 1935<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/113.|}} f. 13.</ref>|end=1 November, 1937<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/113.|}} f. 13.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Andrew Agnew|nick=John A. Agnew|appt=25 December, 1938{{UBAllyWarship|13115}}|end=16 April, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|13115}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Forbes Robertson-Aikman|nick=Hugh F. Robertson-Aikman|appt=16 April, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|13115}}|end=19 June, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|13115}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Robert Stewart Blacker|nick=Robert S. Blacker|appt=19 June, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|13115}}|end=mid 1943{{UBAllyWarship|13115}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Temporary {{LieutRNVR}}|name=Arthur William Dow|nick=Arthur W. Dow|appt=mid 1943{{UBAllyWarship|13115}}|end=October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|13115}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Bernard Tancock|nick=Edward B. Tancock|appt=October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|13115}}|end=January, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|13115}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Temporary {{LieutRNVR}}|name=Basil Guy Pritchard de Mattos|nick=Basil G. P. de Mattos|appt=January, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|13115}}|end=28 July, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|13115}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edward Austin Tyrer|nick=Edward A. Tyrer|appt=28 July, 1945{{UBAlly|7240}}|end=}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Cockchafer_(1915)}}
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-11-HMS_Cockchafer.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Cockchafer_(1915)}}
 
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Latest revision as of 17:35, 19 August 2022

H.M.S. Cockchafer (1915)
Pendant Number: P.95 (Jan 1916)
P.83 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Barclay Curle & Company[2]
Ordered: 2 15[3]
Launched: 16 Dec, 1915[4]
Sold: 1949[5]
Fate: at Singapore
H.M.S. Cockchafer was one of 12 gunboats of the "Insect" class.

Service

She recommissioned at the Nore on 6 January, 1920.[6]

By the mid 1920s, she was in service on the Yangtse River, serving there until at least mid 1937.[7]

In August and September of 1926, she was involved in the Wanhsien Incident on the river, in which she sought to protect British-owned river steamers from capture.

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, 1933). p. 222.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 223.
  8. ↑ Denny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 284.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393c.
  10. ↑ Denny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 284.
  11. ↑ Simner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/27. f. 27.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392l.
  13. ↑ Simner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/27. f. 27.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p.758.
  15. ↑ Hester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/235. f. 235.
  16. ↑ Thursfield Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/87. f. 93.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 746a.
  18. ↑ Thursfield Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/87. f. 93.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 226.
  20. ↑ Simpson Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 151.
  21. ↑ Simpson Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 151.
  22. ↑ Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 225.
  24. ↑ Bardwell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/87. f. 87.
  25. ↑ Manwaring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/92. f. 93.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 225.
  27. ↑ Manwaring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/92. f. 93.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 224.
  29. ↑ Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
  30. ↑ Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
  31. ↑ Hammill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/4. f. 3.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 222.
  33. ↑ Hammill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/4. f. 3.
  34. ↑ Borrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/154. f. 156.
  35. ↑ Borrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/154. f. 156.
  36. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/113. f. 13.
  37. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/113. f. 13.
  38. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  41. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  43. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  44. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  45. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  46. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.

Bibliography


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