HMS Gnat was a Royal Navy Insect-class gunboat. She was built by Lobnitz and launched in 1915. Gnat saw service during the First World War as part of a flotilla operating on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. After the war, the vessel was transferred to China, where in 1927, Gnat took part in the Nanking Incident.

The most recent HMS Gnat (T60) was an Insect-class gunboat launched by Lobnitz and Co. Shipyard at Renfrew in Scotland on 3 December 1915. She was torpedoed by a submarine on 21 October 1941 and beached at Alexandria, where she was converted to a fixed anti-aircraft platform. She was broken up in 1945. Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969].

Judy (1936 – 17 February 1950) was a ship's dog aboard HMS Gnat and Grasshopper stationed on the Yangtze before and during World War II. She proved able to hear incoming aircraft, providing the crew with an early warning.

At 03.34 hours on 21 Oct 1941, HMS Gnat (T 60) was hit in the bow by a torpedo from U-79 about 30 miles northeast of Bardia. The bow was blown away to the 6in gun and the badly damaged ship towed to Alexandria, where she was beached. The ship was declared a total loss, but used as AA platform in the harbour defence until scrapped in 1945.

INSECT-Class River Gunboat ordered from Barclay Curie and launched on 3rd December 1915 as the 4th RN ship to carry the name, introduced for a wooden gunboat in 1856. It was previously used by a coastal destroyer renamed TB8 in 1908.

2018年4月3日 · HMS Gnat serves on the Yangtze and its tributaries throughout the period covered by these logs. The noon position is rarely recorded and is sometimes clearly wrong when it is. In addition, every place name has now changed, with …

HMS Gnat was a Royal Navy Insect class gunboat. She was built by Lobnitz and launched in 1915. 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...

HMS Gnat was a Royal Navy Insect-class gunboat. She was built by Lobnitz and launched in 1915. Gnat saw service during the First World War as part of a flotilla operating on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. After the war, the vessel was transferred to China, where in 1927, Gnat took part in the Nanking Incident.

One of twelve Insect class river gunboats built for the Royal Navy in 1915. Heavily armed with two 6inch guns and two 3inch HA guns and six 0.303in Maxim machine guns they were closer to being river monitors than gunboats. After fighting in WW1, HMS Gnat was sent to China to patrol the Yangtze River until the Second World War.

2008年12月3日 · Her companion HMS Gnat had been involved in bombardment action against the Axis forces in October, but had been torpedoed by U-79 on 21 October with her bow shot away. She was never repaired. HMS Ladybird had been bombed and sunk in shallow water in Tobruk harbour on 12 May 41, and continued to serve as …