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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Graham Sherbrooke|nick=Henry G. Sherbrooke|appt=28 January, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 398''c''}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Graham Sherbrooke|nick=Henry G. Sherbrooke|appt=28 January, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 398''c''}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Christopher John Francis Eddis|nick=Christopher J. F. Eddis|appt=11 August, 1916<ref>Eddis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/98.|D7604510}} f. ?.</ref>|end=September, 1916<ref>Eddis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/98.|D7604510}} f. ?.</ref>|note=temporary, during Sherbrooke's illness}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Christopher John Francis Eddis|nick=Christopher J. F. Eddis|appt=11 August, 1916<ref>Eddis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/98.|D7604510}} f. ?.</ref>|end=September, 1916<ref>Eddis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/98.|D7604510}} f. ?.</ref>|note=temporary, during Sherbrooke's illness}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Samuel Brown|nick=George S. Brown|appt=18 December, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 914}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Samuel Brown|nick=George S. Brown|appt=18 December, 1918<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/15.|D7605102}} f. 367.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 914}}|end=7 May, 1920<ref>Brown Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/15.|D7605102}} f. 367.</ref>}}
 
{{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}}
 
{{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}}

Revision as of 16:25, 5 June 2017

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. Eddis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/98. f. ?.
  10. Eddis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/98. f. ?.
  11. Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/15. f. 367.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 914.
  13. Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/15. f. 367.
  14. Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
  15. Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
  16. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 818.
  17. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 273.
  18. Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  19. Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
  20. Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
  21. 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 –>