H.M.S. Tarantula (1915)

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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 12 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. (January, 1921). p. 870.

Bibliography


Insect Class Gunboat
Aphis Bee Cicala Cockchafer Cricket
Glowworm Gnat Ladybird Mantis Moth
  Scarab Tarantula  
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