Aphis Class Gunboats
 
Name Pennant Builder Completed Fate
Aphis T57 Ailsa 1915 Scrapped 1947
Cicala T71 Barclay Curle 1916 Sunk by Japanese at Hong Kong 21/12/41
Cockchafer T72 Barclay Curle 1916 Scrapped 1947
Cricket T75 Barclay Curle 1916 Bombed by German aircraft off Tobruk 30/6/41, sold & scrapped 1941
Gnat T60 Lobnitz 1915 Torpedoed by U79 off Bardia 21/10/41 & beached, sold & scrapped 1944
Ladybird T58 Lobnitz 1916 Sunk Tobruk Harbour by German planes 12/5/41, to AA battery, scrapped 1951
Moth T69 Sunderland 1915 Scuttled at Hong Kong 12/12/41, salvaged as IJN Suma on Yangste River, mined & stricken May 19/3/45
Mantis T70 Sunderland 1916 Sold & scrapped 1940
Scarab T59 Wood-Skinner 1915 To Burma postwar, scrapped 1948
Tarantula T62 Wood-Skinner 1916 Hulked 1941, expended as target 1/5/46 by HMS Carron & Carysfort

This class was laid down in WWI to engage Austro-Hungarian monitors on the Danube. The latter were armed with 5.9" guns and could steam at 13 knots. This dictated that the RN ships must have 6" guns and steam at 14 knots.
They were curious in that the bulkeads were unpierced, and to get to the next apartment required leaving via the roof hatch, out and back in the next roof hatch!
Those that survived the Japanese attacks on 'China Station' were moved to the Med' and were modified with captured Italian guns.

Dimensions & Displacement
Displacement 625 tons Length 237’6" Beam 36’ Draught 4’

 

Performance & Propulsion
Machinery 2 x Yarrow small-tube boilers, 2 x vertical triple expansion engines driving 2 shafts @ 2000 ihp Speed 14 knots

 

Complement & Armament
Complement 55
Armament
Originally
  • Gun
    • 2 x 1 x 6" BL
    • 1 x 1 x 12pdr 3" AA
    • 10 x 1 x 0.303" MG AA
Meditteranean Service
  • Gun
    • 2 x 1 x 6" BL
    • 1 x 1 x 12pdr 3" AA
    • 1 x 1 x 2pdr pom-pom AA
    • 10 x 1 x 0.303" MG AA
Ladybird
  • Gun
    • 2 x 1 x 6" BL
    • 1 x 1 x 12pdr 3" AA
    • 1 x 1 x 2pdr pom-pom AA
    • 1 x 1 x 20mm Breda AA
    • 2 x 1 x 8mm Italian MG AA
    • 10 x 1 x 0.303" MG AA
Cricket
  • Gun
    • 2 x 1 x 6" BL
    • 1 x 1 x 75mm Italian field gun
    • 1 x 1 x 2pdr pom-pom AA
    • 2 x 1 x 20mm Breda AA
    • 12 x 1 x 8mm Italian MG AA
 
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