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|name=Cricket
 
|name=Cricket
 
|launch=16 Dec, 1915{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
|launch=16 Dec, 1915{{DittColl|p. 106}}
|builder=[[Alisa Shipbuilding]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
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|builder=[[Ailsa Shipbuilding Company]]{{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
|fate=Mined
 
|fate=Mined
 
|pend=P.82 (Jan 1916)<br>P.85 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
 
|pend=P.82 (Jan 1916)<br>P.85 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 106}}
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Cricket''''' was one of twelve gunboats of the [[Insect Class Gunboat (1915)|"Insect" class]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Cricket''''' was one of twelve gunboats of the [[Insect Class Gunboat (1915)|"Insect" class]].  She had a long career on the [[China Station]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
 
She recommissioned at the Nore on 6 January, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 755}}
 
She recommissioned at the Nore on 6 January, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 755}}
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She reduced to Reserve at Shanghai on 23 December, 1923.{{NLApr25|p. 229}}
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She re-commissioned on 5 March, 1925.{{NLJul37|p. 226}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Cricket''">
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Cricket''">
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Hassard-Short|nick=John Hassard-Short|appt=30 April, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 392''w''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Arthur George Venables|nick=Arthur G. Venables|appt=12 June, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 393''k''}}|end=30 April, 1917}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Ernest Edkin|nick=Ernest Edkin|appt=28 December, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 770}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Hassard-Short|nick=John Hassard-Short|appt=30 April, 1917<ref>Hassard-Short Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/230.}}  f. 276.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 392''w''}}|end=2 September, 1918<ref>Hassard-Short Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/230.}}  f. 276.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Sinclair Morrell|nick=John S. Morrell|appt=22 December, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 755}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Austin Charles Ackland|nick=Austin C. Ackland|appt=2 September, 1918<ref>Ackland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/174.|D7603881}} f. 379.</ref>|end=11 October, 1918<ref>Ackland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/174.|D7603881}} f. 379.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Wilfred Lawrence|nick=Reginald W. Lawrence|appt=9 June, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 744}}|note=and in command of Gunboats in Reserve}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Vincent Claude Large|nick=Vincent C. Large|appt=11 October, 1918<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-11-HMS_Cricket.htm Ship's Logbook].</ref>|end=28 December, 1918<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-11-HMS_Cricket.htm Ship's Logbook].</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Noel Harbrand Beaver|nick=Noel H. Beaver|appt=7 June, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 229}}|end=|note=and in command of Gunboats in Reserve}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Ernest Edkin|nick=Ernest Edkin|appt=28 December, 1918<ref>Edkin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/6.}}  f. 6.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 770}}|end=14 April, 1919<ref>Edkin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/54/6.}}  f. 6.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Ion Whitefoord Grove White|nick=Ion W. G. White|appt=6 June, 1919{{NavAppts|12 July 1919, p. 17}}|end=4 November, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Sinclair Morrell|nick=John S. Morrell|appt=22 December, 1919{{NavAppts|Wednesday, December 24, 1919, Issue 42291, p.4}}{{NLJan21|p. 755}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Wilfred Lawrence|nick=Reginald W. Lawrence|appt=9 June, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 744}}|end=July, 1924|note=and in command of Gunboats in Reserve}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Noel Harbrand Beaver|nick=Noel H. Beaver|appt=7 June, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 229}}|end=March, 1925|note=and in command of Gunboats in Reserve}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Rose St. George Tucker|nick=Colin R. St. G. Tucker|appt=5 March, 1925|end=May, 1925}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I''', ''Fr., Sp.'')|name=Guy Ninian Whitelock Boyes|nick=Guy N. W. Boyes|appt=22 April, 1925<ref>Boyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/152/29.|}} f. 31.</ref>|end=15 January, 1927<ref>Boyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/152/29.|}} f. 31.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Hamilton|nick=Henry Hamilton|appt=15 January, 1927<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/145/318.|}} f. 316.</ref>{{NLJul27|p. 228}}|end=December, 1928<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/145/318.|}} f. 316.</ref>|note=vice Boyes}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''I''', ''Ch.'')|name=St. John George Hewell Pitt|nick=St. John G. H. Pitt|appt=1 November, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 229}}|end=1929}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Gartside-Tippinge|nick=Hugh Gartside-Tippinge|appt=18 September, 1929<ref>Gartside-Tippinge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/128.|}} f. 128.</ref>{{NLJul31|p. 228}}|end=26 October, 1931<ref>Gartside-Tippinge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/128.|}} f. 128.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Eames Wilson|nick=William E. Wilson|appt=11 August, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 227}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Sanders|nick=James Sanders|appt=8 February, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 226}}{{NavAppts|8 Jan. 1934, p. 3}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Ian Murray Ashby|nick=James I. M. Ashby|appt=6 February, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 226}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Thomas Armstrong|nick=Harold T. Armstrong|appt=28 October, 1938{{NLMay39|p. 270}}|end=mid 1939{{UBAllyWarship|13114}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommAU}} (emergency)|name=Herbert Victor Creer|nick=Herbert V. Creer|appt=August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|13114}}|end=5 October, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|13114}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Lane Goatley|nick=John L. Goatley|appt=5 October, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|13114}}|end=11 January, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|13114}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edwin Beadnell Carnduff|nick=Edwin B. Carnduff|appt=11 January, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|13114}}|end=mid 1941{{UBAllyWarship|13114}}}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
{{refbegin}}
 
{{refbegin}}
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Cricket_(1915)}}
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-11-HMS_Cricket.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Cricket_(1915)}}
 
{{refend}}
 
{{refend}}
  

Latest revision as of 16:31, 18 August 2022

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.

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