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.

From 1936, Gnat had a "ship's dog", a pure-bred liver and white Pointer called Judy.^[1]

During the Second World War, Gnat was part of the China Station until 1940, when she was relieved by HMS Grasshopper. She 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

↑ Lewis, Damien (2014). Judy: A Dog in a Million. London: Quercus. ISBN 978-1-848-66542-2.

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

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in October 1941

Shipwrecks	4 Oct: U-111 6 Oct: Thistlegorm 7 Oct: Blokshiv No. 1 17 Oct: HMS Gladiolus, Lingfield 18 Oct: HMS Broadwater 19 Oct: Tower Field, U-204 21 Oct: Johannes C Russ 22 Oct: RFA Darkdale 24 Oct: Carsbreck 25 Oct: HMS Latona 26 Oct: English Trader, Herta Engeline Fritzen 27 Oct: HMS Cossack 31 Oct: USS Reuben James Unknown date: HMS Tetrarch

Other incidents	14 Oct: HMS Liverpool 21 Oct: HMS Gnat 23 Oct: HMS Cossack

1940 1941 1942 September 1941 November 1941

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