HMS Gnat (T60)

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Gnat.

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.

During the Second World War, Gnat was at China until 1940 then transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet's Inshore Squadron. She was torpedoed in 1941 but she was beached at Alexandria and used as a fixed Anti-aircraft platform.

Declared a constructive total loss on 21 October 1941, she was finally scapped in 1945.

[edit] References

  • Warships of World War II, by H. T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge, pub. Ian Allen Ltd.


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