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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 12 vessels
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| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>
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! align=center | Builder
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! align=center | Fate
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| {{Template:UK-Aphis}}
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|[[Alisa Shipbuilding]]
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|15 Sep, 1915
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|
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|Sold 1947
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Bee}}
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|[[Alisa Shipbuilding]]
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|8 Dec, 1915
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|
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|Sold 1939
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Cicala}}
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|[[Barclay Curle]]
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|
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|10 Dec, 1915
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|
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|Sunk 21 Dec, 1941
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Cockchafer}}
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|[[Barclay Curle]]
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|16 Dec, 1915
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|
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|Sold 1949
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Cricket}}
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|[[Alisa Shipbuilding]]
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|16 Dec, 1915
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|Mined Jun, 1941
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Glowworm}}
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|[[Barclay Curle]]
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|5 Feb, 1916
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|Sold Sep, 1928
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Gnat}}
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|[[Lobnitz]]
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|3 Dec, 1915
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|Torpedoed 12 Oct, 1941
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Ladybird}}
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|[[Lobnitz]]
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|12 Apr, 1916
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|Sunk 12 May, 1944
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Mantis}}
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|[[Sunderland Shipbuilding]]
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|14 Sep, 1915
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|Sold 20 Jan, 1940
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Moth}}
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|[[Sunderland Shipbuilding]]
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|15 Sep, 1915
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|Scuttled 21 Dec, 1941
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Scarab}}
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|[[Wood Skinner]]
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|7 Oct, 1915
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|Broken up May, 1948
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|- align=left
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| {{Template:UK-Tarantula}}
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|[[Wood Skinner]]
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|18 Dec, 1915
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|Expended 1 May, 1946
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Revision as of 21:49, 22 August 2013

Britain launched twelve Insect Class Gunboats in 1915 and 1916 for riverine use.

Design

The vessels were as follows:[1]

  • 645 tons
  • 237.5 feet overall
  • 4 foot draught
  • 36 foot beam
  • 14 knots on 2000 I.H.P.

Armament

  • two 6-in guns
  • two 12-pdr guns

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 106.

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 –>


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