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Dragonfly class river gunboat

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Name
  
Dragonfly class

Subclasses
  
HMS Scorpion

Completed
  
5

Operators
  
Royal Navy

Planned
  
6

Dragonfly-class river gunboat

Builders
  
Vosper Thornycroft, Yarrow Shipbuilders, J S White

The Dragonfly class was a class of river gunboats. Six were planned and five were built: of those five, four were lost in the Second World War. One of the four was HMS Scorpion, a slightly upgunned and better powered version. The class consisted of:

  • HMS Dragonfly - lost in the Banka Strait, 14 February 1942.
  • HMS Grasshopper - lost in the Banka Strait, 14 February 1942.
  • HMS Locust
  • HMS Mosquito - lost on 1 June 1940, off Dunkirk.
  • HMS Scorpion - upgunned variant. Lost in the Banka Strait, 13 February 1942.
  • HMS Bee - cancelled, March 1940.

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    Dragonfly-class river gunboat Wikipedia
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