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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=Harold Francis Beckham Handley|nick=Harold F. B. Handley|appt=2 December, 1917|end=22 January, 1919}} | |||
{{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={{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}} | ||
Revision as of 20:25, 7 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.
- Commander Henry G. Sherbrooke, 28 January, 1916[8]
- Lieutenant-Commander Christopher J. F. Eddis, 11 August, 1916[9] – September, 1916[10] (temporary, during Sherbrooke's illness)
- Lieutenant-Commander Harold F. B. Handley, 2 December, 1917 – 22 January, 1919
- Lieutenant-Commander George S. Brown, 18 December, 1918[11][12] – 7 May, 1920[13]
- Commander Edward B. Cloete, 17 May, 1920[14] – January, 1922[15] (and as Senior Officer, West River)
- Commander Cecil J. Crocker, 20 January, 1922[16] – 1923 (and as Senior Officer, West River)
- Commander Malcolm R. J. Maxwell-Scott, 14 September, 1923[17] (and as Senior Officer, West River)
- Commander Marshal L. Clarke, 1 August, 1927 – 13 September, 1929 (and as Senior Officer, West River)
- Commander Edye K. Boddam-Whetham, 27 July, 1929[18] – November, 1931[19]
- Captain William G. Benn, 16 September, 1932[20] – late 1932[21] (and as Senior Officer, West River, vice "Mackenzie")
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 870.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 870.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398c.
- ↑ Eddis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/98. f. ?.
- ↑ Eddis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/98. f. ?.
- ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/15. f. 367.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 914.
- ↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/15. f. 367.
- ↑ Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
- ↑ Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 818.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 273.
- ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
- ↑ Boddam-Whetham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/272. ff. 225, 306.
- ↑ Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
- ↑ Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
Bibliography
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