Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | River gunboat |
Class | Insect |
Pennant | T 75 |
Built by | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) |
Ordered | 9 Feb 1915 |
Laid down | Mar 1915 |
Launched | 17 Dec 1915 |
Commissioned | Feb 1916 |
End service | |
History | Heavily damaged on 30 June 1941 off Mersa Matruh by an air attack. Towed to Port Said but declared a total loss. |
Commands listed for HMS Cricket (T 75)
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Commander | From | To | ||
1 | Cdr. Harold Thomas Armstrong, RN | 28 Oct 1938 | late 1939 | |
2 | Cdr. (emergency) Herbert Victor Creer, RAN | Aug 1940 | 5 Oct 1940 | |
3 | Lt. John Lane Goatley, RN | 5 Oct 1940 | 11 Jan 1941 | |
4 | Lt.Cdr. Edwin Beadnell Carnduff, RN | 11 Jan 1941 | mid 1941 |
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