HMS Gnat

Last updated December 16, 2021

Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Gnat after the insect.

The first HMS Gnat (1856) was a Cheerful-class gunboat built at Laird's shipyard and launched on 10 May 1856. She was broken up in August 1864.
The second HMS Gnat (1867) was a composite screw gunvessel launched at Pembroke Dockyard on 26 November 1867. She was wrecked on Balabac Island in the South China Sea on 11 November 1868.
The third HMS Gnat (1906) was a small coastal destroyer launched by Thornycroft at Chiswick on 1 December 1906 and sold for scrapping on 9 May 1921.
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.

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Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Glowworm after the insect, whilst two more were planned:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Foxhound. A seventh was planned but never completed:

Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:

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Several ships of the Royal Navy has been named HMS Heron after the wading bird.

Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Flirt:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Peacock:

Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Partridge, after the bird.

Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fly:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sandfly. A sandfly is an irritating insect found near beaches.

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albacore, after the Albacore, a species of fish:

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Gadfly:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ringdove, another name for the Barbary dove:

Several vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pigeon.

Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Pheasant:

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Beacon:

Seven vessels of the Royal Navy have been named Dwarf:

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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