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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil James Crocker|nick=Cecil J. Crocker|appt=20 January, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 818}}|end=1923|note=and as Senior Officer, West River}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil James Crocker|nick=Cecil J. Crocker|appt=20 January, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 818}}|end=1923|note=and as Senior Officer, West River}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Malcolm Raphael Joseph Maxwell-Scott|nick=Malcolm R. J. Maxwell-Scott|appt=14 September, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 273}}|end=|note=and as Senior Officer, West River}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Malcolm Raphael Joseph Maxwell-Scott|nick=Malcolm R. J. Maxwell-Scott|appt=14 September, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 273}}|end=|note=and as Senior Officer, West River}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Marshal Llewellyn Clarke|nick=Marshal L. Clarke|appt=1 August, 1927|end=13 September, 1929|note=and as Senior Officer, West River}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Marshal Llewelyn Clarke|nick=Marshal L. Clarke|appt=1 August, 1927|end=13 September, 1929|note=and as Senior Officer, West River}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edye Kington Boddam-Whetham|nick=Edye K. Boddam-Whetham|appt=27 July, 1929<ref>Boddam-Whetham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/272.|D7576687}} ff. 225, 306.</ref>|end=November, 1931<ref>Boddam-Whetham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/272.|D7576687}} ff. 225, 306.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edye Kington Boddam-Whetham|nick=Edye K. Boddam-Whetham|appt=27 July, 1929<ref>Boddam-Whetham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/272.|D7576687}} ff. 225, 306.</ref>|end=November, 1931<ref>Boddam-Whetham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/272.|D7576687}} ff. 225, 306.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Gordon Benn|nick=William G. Benn|appt=16 September, 1932<ref>Benn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>|end=late 1932<ref>Benn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, West River, vice "Mackenzie"}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Gordon Benn|nick=William G. Benn|appt=16 September, 1932<ref>Benn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>|end=late 1932<ref>Benn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, West River, vice "Mackenzie"}}

Revision as of 17:31, 15 July 2016

H.M.S. Tarantula (1915)
Pendant Number: P.6A (Jan 1916)
P.A8 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Wood Skinner[2]
Ordered: February, 1915[3]
Launched: 18 Dec, 1915[4]
Commissioned: 1 Jun, 1916[5]
Expended: 1 May, 1946[6]
Fate: as target off Ceylon
H.M.S. Tarantula was one of twelve gunboats of the "Insect" class.

Service

She was commissioned on 1 June, 1916.[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. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 870.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 870.
  8. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398c.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 914.
  10. Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
  11. Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 818.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 273.
  14. Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  15. Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  16. Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
  17. Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.

Bibliography


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 –>