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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.

Lieutenant in Command Arthur G. Venables, 12 June, 1916^[9] – 30 April, 1917
Lieutenant in Command John Hassard-Short, 30 April, 1917^[10]^[11] – 2 September, 1918^[12]
Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Austin C. Ackland, 2 September, 1918^[13] – 11 October, 1918^[14]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Vincent C. Large, 11 October, 1918^[15] – 28 December, 1918^[16]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Ernest Edkin, 28 December, 1918^[17]^[18] – 14 April, 1919^[19]
Lieutenant in Command Ion W. G. White, 6 June, 1919^[20] – 4 November, 1919
Lieutenant-Commander John S. Morrell, 22 December, 1919^[21]^[22]
Lieutenant-Commander Reginald W. Lawrence, 9 June, 1922^[23] – July, 1924 (and in command of Gunboats in Reserve)
Lieutenant-Commander Noel H. Beaver, 7 June, 1924^[24] – March, 1925 (and in command of Gunboats in Reserve)
Lieutenant-Commander Colin R. St. G. Tucker, 5 March, 1925 – May, 1925
Commander (I, Fr., Sp.) Guy N. W. Boyes, 22 April, 1925^[25] – 15 January, 1927^[26]
Lieutenant-Commander Henry Hamilton, 15 January, 1927^[27]^[28] – December, 1928^[29] (vice Boyes)
Lieutenant-Commander (I, Ch.) St. John G. H. Pitt, 1 November, 1928^[30] – 1929
Lieutenant-Commander Hugh Gartside-Tippinge, 18 September, 1929^[31]^[32] – 26 October, 1931^[33]
Lieutenant-Commander William E. Wilson, 11 August, 1931^[34]
Lieutenant-Commander James Sanders, 8 February, 1934^[35]^[36]
Lieutenant-Commander James I. M. Ashby, 6 February, 1936^[37]
Commander Harold T. Armstrong, 28 October, 1938^[38] – mid 1939^[39]
Commander (emergency) Herbert V. Creer, August, 1940^[40] – 5 October, 1940^[41]
Lieutenant in Command John L. Goatley, 5 October, 1940^[42] – 11 January, 1941^[43]
Lieutenant-Commander Edwin B. Carnduff, 11 January, 1941^[44] – mid 1941^[45]

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.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 755.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 229.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 226.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 393k.
↑ Hassard-Short Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/230. f. 276.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392w.
↑ Hassard-Short Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/230. f. 276.
↑ Ackland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/174. f. 379.
↑ Ackland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/174. f. 379.
↑ Ship's Logbook.
↑ Ship's Logbook.
↑ Edkin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/6. f. 6.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 770.
↑ Edkin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/54/6. f. 6.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 12 July 1919, p. 17.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, December 24, 1919, Issue 42291, p.4.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 755.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 744.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 229.
↑ Boyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/152/29. f. 31.
↑ Boyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/152/29. f. 31.
↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/318. f. 316.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 228.
↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/318. f. 316.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 229.
↑ Gartside-Tippinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/128. f. 128.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 228.
↑ Gartside-Tippinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/128. f. 128.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 227.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 226.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 8 Jan. 1934, p. 3.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 226.
↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 270.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

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

–>

[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.

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