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(Redirected from Dragonfly-class river gunboat) Class of river gunboats

HMS Locust
Class overview
NameDragonfly class
BuildersVosper Thornycroft, Yarrow Shipbuilders, J S White
Operators Royal Navy
SubclassesHMS Scorpion
Built1937-1938
In commission1938-1968
Planned6
Completed5
Cancelled1
Lost4
Retired1
Scrapped1
General characteristics
TypeRiver gunboat
Displacement585 long tons (594 t)
Length197 ft (60 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draught5 ft (1.5 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement74
Armament
  • 2 × single 4 in (102 mm) guns
  • 1 × single 3.7 in (94 mm) Mark V howitzer
  • 8 × machine guns

The Dragonfly class was a class of twin shaft river gunboats of the Royal Navy. 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.

Ships

Ship name Laid down Completed Fate Notes
Dragonfly December 1937 June 1939 Lost in the Banka Strait, 14 February 1942.
Grasshopper December 1937 June 1939 Lost in the Banka Strait, 14 February 1942.
Locust November 1938 May 1940 Sold for scrap, 1968 A quadruple 2-pound "pompom" gun was fitted instead of the 3.7 (94 mm) howitzer.

Later refitted with 3 20 mm guns and 20 depth charges. became a headquarters ship in 1944.

Mosquito December 1938 April 1940 Lost off Dunkirk, 1 June 1940 A quadruple 2-pound "pompom" gun was fitted instead of the 3.7 (94 mm) howitzer.
Scorpion 1937 November 1938 Lost in the Banka Strait, 13 February 1942. Was an upgunned variant of the class
Bee n/a n/a Cancelled, March 1940

References

  1. ^ Cocker, Maurice (2006). Coastal Forces Vessels of the Royal Navy from 1865. Stroud: Tempus Publ. p. 101. ISBN 075243862X.
  2. ^ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. 1980. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-85177-146-5.
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