H.M.S. Cricket (1915)

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H.M.S. Cricket (1915)
Pendant Number: P.82 (Jan 1916)
P.85 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Ailsa Shipbuilding Company[2]
Ordered: 2 15[3]
Launched: 16 Dec, 1915[4]
Mined: Jun, 1941[5]
Fate: in Mediterranean

H.M.S. Cricket was one of twelve gunboats of the "Insect" class. She had a long career on the China Station.

Service

She recommissioned at the Nore on 6 January, 1920.[6]

She reduced to Reserve at Shanghai on 23 December, 1923.[7]

She re-commissioned on 5 March, 1925.[8]

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, 1921). p. 755.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 229.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 226.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 393k.
  10. Hassard-Short Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/230. f. 276.
  11. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392w.
  12. Hassard-Short Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/230. f. 276.
  13. Ackland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/174. f. 379.
  14. Ackland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/174. f. 379.
  15. Ship's Logbook.
  16. Ship's Logbook.
  17. Edkin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/6. f. 6.
  18. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 770.
  19. Edkin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/6. f. 6.
  20. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 12 July 1919, p. 17.
  21. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, December 24, 1919, Issue 42291, p.4.
  22. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 755.
  23. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 744.
  24. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 229.
  25. Boyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/152/29. f. 31.
  26. Boyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/152/29. f. 31.
  27. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/318. f. 316.
  28. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 228.
  29. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/318. f. 316.
  30. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 229.
  31. Gartside-Tippinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/128. f. 128.
  32. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 228.
  33. Gartside-Tippinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/128. f. 128.
  34. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 227.
  35. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 226.
  36. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 8 Jan. 1934, p. 3.
  37. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 226.
  38. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 270.
  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.

Bibliography


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