HMS Locust was one of 4 Dragonfly -class river gunboats of the Royal Navy, and was named after the locust, an insect. Launched on 28 September 1939 and commissioned on 17 May 1940, she survived the Second World War despite being severely damaged many times, including taking a shell hit during Operation Overlord.

HMS Locust (1840) was a paddle-steamer Lizard -class gunvessel, launched in 1840 and sold in 1895. HMS Locust (1896) was an Earnest -class destroyer (later grouped into the 30-knot, 4-funnel B-class grouping). She was completed in 1896 and scrapped in 1919.

HMS Locust found them and took them into Dover. HMS Locust, between 29th May and 4th June took off 2,036 allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk and delivered them to safety. They also came back with an extra member of their crew, a puppy which they found on the East Mole.

HMS Locust was one of the four Dragonfly Class gunboats, her sister-ships being Dragonfly, Grasshopper, and Mosquito, all of which were named after insects. They were designed as China Station River gunboats for operations on waterways such as the Yangtze, and consequently were flat bottomed and of shallow draught.

The Locust was launched on September 28, 1939 and entered service on May 17, 1940. It is one of four gunboats of the class bearing its name to enter service during the Second World War. Its main mission is to bombard coastal objectives and it is for this purpose that it is engaged in Operation Neptune off Sword Beach .

HMS Locust was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was launched by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, on 5 December 1896. [1] She served in the Mediterranean between 1902 and 1906, and was used for patrol and escort duties during the First World War

The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. This section includes over 21.000 Allied Warships and over 11.000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, The Polish Navy and others.

HMS LOCUST. Image: IWM (FL 1677) View Item: Image 1703428203 Use this image under Non-Commercial licence. ... Locust; Associated subjects British; River Gunboat; Port broadside view; Associated keywords Naval Warfare; Associated themes …

The paddle-wheel steamvessel Locust, 3, Lieut. Field, from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday, with 45 supernumeraries for the guardship Impregnable and the Impérieuse. Characteristics and career details for this Victorian era Royal Navy vessel.

On the 29th May 1940 the Locust was at Dunkirk, being continuously attacked by Junkers Ju87, the notorious Stuka dive bombers and strafed by German Messerschmitt 110’s. Loaded with troops and returning to England, the Locust found HMS …