| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | River gunboat |
| Class | Insect |
| Pennant | T 72 |
| Built by | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 9 Feb 1915 |
| Laid down | Feb 1915 |
| Launched | 17 Dec 1915 |
| Commissioned | Apr 1916 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold for scrap in 1949. |
Commands listed for HMS Cockchafer (T 72)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. John Andrew Agnew, RN | 25 Dec 1938 | 16 Apr 1940 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Hugh Forbes Robertson-Aikman, RN | 16 Apr 1940 | 19 Jun 1941 |
| 3 | Lt. Robert Stewart Blacker, RN | 19 Jun 1941 | mid 1943 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Arthur William Dow, RNVR | mid 1943 | Oct 1944 |
| 5 | Lt.Cdr. Edward Bernard Tancock, DSC, RN | Oct 1944 | Jan 1945 |
| 6 | T/Lt. Basil Guy Pritchard de Mattos, RNVR | Jan 1945 | 28 Jul 1945 |
| 7 | Lt. Edward Austin Tyrer, DSC, RN | 28 Jul 1945 |
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