The Insect-class gunboats (or large China gunboats) were a class of small but well-armed Royal Navy ships designed for use in shallow rivers or inshore...

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boarding vessels Insect-class gunboat Dragonfly-class river gunboat King Salvor-class salvage vessel Beachy Head-class repair ship Bar-class boom defence...

HMS Glowworm (1916), an Insect-class gunboat, launched on 5 February 1916 and sold in 1928. HMS Glowworm (H92), a G-class destroyer launched on 22 July...

of beetles (Coccinellidae). The first HMS Ladybird (1916) was an Insect-class gunboat launched in 1916 and sunk off Tobruk in 1941. The second HMS Ladybird (1950)...

launched in 1881 and sold in 1905. HMS Cockchafer (1915) was an Insect-class gunboat launched in 1915, hulked in 1947 and sold in 1949. HM hired armed...

Navy Insect-class gunboat. She was built by Barclay Curle and launched on 17 December 1915 as the fifth Royal Navy ship to carry this name. The Insect class...

HMS Bee was an Insect-class gunboat of the Royal Navy, launched on 8 December 1915. This class are also known as "large China gunboats". Initially built...

HMS Ladybird was an Insect-class gunboat of the Royal Navy, launched in 1916. This class is also referred to as "large China gunboats". Originally built...

entomology "Insects" (Life), 2009 TV nature documentary episode Insect-class gunboat "Insects", a 2010 song by Ash from their A–Z Series Insectia, nature...

The Fly-class river gunboats (or small China gunboats), collectively often referred to as the "Tigris gunboat flotilla", were a class of small well-armed...

HMS Bee (1915) was an Insect-class gunboat launched in 1915 and sold in 1939. HMS Bee was to have been a Dragonfly-class river gunboat. She was ordered in...

flagship Motor Torpedo Boat MTB 77; Monitor HMS Erebus (I02); Two Insect Class gunboats HMS Aphis and HMS Scarab; Two Landing Ship Tank (LST), 9 & 65; 18...

HMS Gnat was a Royal Navy Insect-class gunboat. She was built by Lobnitz and launched in 1915. Gnat saw service during the First World War as part of a...

re-equipped with small 625-long-ton (635 t), shallow-draught gunboats (12 ships of the Insect class) with sufficient speed to operate in fast-flowing rivers...

A river gunboat is a type of gunboat adapted for river operations. River gunboats required shallow draft for river navigation. They would be armed with...

HMS Aphis was a Royal Navy Insect-class gunboat. She was built by Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, launched on 15 September 1915 and completed in November 1915...

HMS Tarantula was an Insect-class gunboat of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1915, the gunboat saw service in both the First and Second World Wars. Tarantula...

HMS Cicala was a Royal Navy Insect-class gunboat. She was built in 1915 for shallow water work, possibly on the Danube or in the Baltic Sea during the...

Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen Navies of landlocked countries Insect-class gunboat Mississippi Marine Brigade Amur Military Flotilla Maritime geography...

Japanese cruiser Suma, a Suma-class cruiser launched in 1895 and stricken in 1923 Japanese gunboat Suma, an Insect-class gunboat launched in 1915 as HMS Moth...

Habbaniya, from whence he was flown to Basra and given refuge on the Insect-class gunboat HMS Cockchafer. On 1 April, Rashid Ali, along with four senior Army...

station where she was deployed on the Yangtse River to relieve the Insect-class gunboat HMS Gnat. She remained there until the declaration of war by the...

Royal Navy have been named HMS Gnat after the insect. The first HMS Gnat (1856) was a Cheerful-class gunboat built at Laird's shipyard and launched on 10...

HMS Cricket was a Royal Navy Insect-class gunboat. She was built by Barclay Curle and launched on 17 December 1915. During the First World War, Cricket...

30-knot, 4-funnel B-class grouping). She was completed in 1896 and scrapped in 1919. HMS Locust (T28) was a Dragonfly-class river gunboat, launched in 1939...

the crew of the Insect-class gunboat HMS Gnat voted to get a ship's mascot. This was due in part to the competitive nature of the gunboats, with HMS Bee...

1920. HMS Cricket (1915) was an Insect-class gunboat, launched in 1915. She was used as a minesweeper from 1939 and gunboat from 1940, before being scrapped...

superstructure and dark funnels. Between the two world wars, the Insect class gunboats were mainly used in the Far East and they were present during the...

capital ships, cruisers, monitors, and smaller ships such as the Insect-class gunboat which served throughout World War II. The Mk VIII in naval service...