| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | River gunboat |
| Class | Insect |
| Pennant | T 62 |
| Built by | Wood Skinner & Co. Ltd. (Newcastle, England U.K.) |
| Ordered | 9 Feb 1915 |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 8 Dec 1915 |
| Commissioned | 28 Jan 1916 |
| End service | |
| History | Sunk as target off Ceylon on 1 May 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Tarantula (T 62)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Capt. Francis Cyril Flynn, RN | 8 Jun 1938 | 26 Mar 1940 | |
| 2 | Cdr. (emergency) Reginald Charles Ferrers Creer, RAN | 26 Mar 1940 | 16 Nov 1941 | |
| 3 | T/Lt. Norman Frank Francis, RNVR | 6 Nov 1942 | early 1943 | |
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