H.M.S. Cockchafer (1915)

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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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