Name HMS Gnat (T60) Fate Constructive Loss Class and type Insect-class gunboat | Builder Lobnitz Status Scrapped 1945 Length 72 m | |
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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.
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.