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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Graham Sherbrooke|nick=Henry G. Sherbrooke|appt=28 January, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 398''c''}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Christopher John Francis Eddis|nick=Christopher J. F. Eddis|appt=11 August, 1916|end=September, 1916|note=temporary, during Sherbrooke's illness}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Samuel Brown|nick=George S. Brown|appt=18 December, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 914}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Samuel Brown|nick=George S. Brown|appt=18 December, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 914}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Balfour Cloete|nick=Edward B. Cloete|appt=17 May, 1920<ref>Cloete Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 181.</ref>|end=January, 1922<ref>Cloete Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 181.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, West River}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Balfour Cloete|nick=Edward B. Cloete|appt=17 May, 1920<ref>Cloete Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 181.</ref>|end=January, 1922<ref>Cloete Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 181.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, West River}}

Revision as of 10:16, 1 October 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 –>