Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | River gunboat |
Class | Insect |
Pennant | T 59 |
Built by | Wood Skinner & Co. Ltd. (Newcastle, England U.K.) |
Ordered | 9 Feb 1915 |
Laid down | |
Launched | 7 Oct 1915 |
Commissioned | 14 Nov 1915 |
End service | |
History | Sold for scrap in May 1948. |
Commands listed for HMS Scarab (T 59)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Hugh Forbes Robertson-Aikman, RN | 26 Sep 1938 | 16 Apr 1940 |
2 | Lt.Cdr. John Andrew Agnew, RN | 30 Apr 1940 | 22 Oct 1940 |
3 | B P Shellard, RN | 22 Oct 1940 | late 1941 |
4 | Lt. Jack Broughton Cox, RN | late 1941 | early 1943 |
5 | T/Lt. Ewan Cameron, RNZNVR | early 1943 | Feb 1944 |
6 | T/Lt. Edward Albert Hawkesworth, RNVR | Feb 1944 | Jan 1945 |
7 | Lt. Douglas Macmillam Watson, RNVR | Jan 1945 | 5 Jul 1945 |
8 | A/Lt.Cdr. Barry John Anderson, RN | 6 Jul 1945 | Nov 1945 |
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