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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