HMS Gnat (T60)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Gnat.

History
HMS Gnat (T60) at China Station 1922
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Gnat (T60)
Builder:	Lobnitz
Fate:	Constructive Loss
Status:	Scrapped 1945
General characteristics
Class and type:	Insect-class gunboat

HMS Gnat was a Royal Navy Insect class gunboat. She was built by Lobnitz and launched in 1915.

History

During the First World War, Gnat took part in the Mesopotamian Campaign as part of the gunboat squadron operating on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. In 1927 the Gnat participated as part of a Royal Navy flotilla in the Nanjing incident, helping to protect British and other international citizens and business interests in China.

During the Second World War, Gnat was at China until 1940 then transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet's Inshore Squadron. She was torpedoed on 21 October 1941 by the U-79 but she was towed and beached at Alexandria and used as a fixed Anti-aircraft platform.

Declared a constructive total loss, she was finally scrapped in 1945.

References

Warships of World War II, by H. T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge, pub. Ian Allan Ltd.

Insect-class gunboats

Aphis Bee Cicala Cockchafer Cricket Glowworm Gnat Ladybird Mantis Moth Scarab Tarantula

List of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy

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