Dragonfly-class gunboat

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HMS Locust (1939) IWM FL 001677.jpg
HMS Locust, one of the class
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 [1]
TypeRiver gunboat
Displacement585 long tons (594 t)
Length197 ft (60 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draught5 ft (1.5 m)
Installed power3,800 shp (2,800 kW)
Propulsion
  • Geared steam turbines, 2 admiralty type boilers
  • Two shafts
Speed17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement74
Armament
  • 2 × 4 inches (100 mm) guns on single 40 degree mountings[2]
  • 1 × 3.7 inches (94 mm) Mark V howitzer[2]
  • 8 × machine guns

The Dragonfly class was a class of twin shaft[2] 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
December 1937 June 1939 Lost in the Banka Strait, 14 February 1942.[1]
Grasshopper December 1937 June 1939 Lost in the Banka Strait, 14 February 1942.[1]
Locust November 1938 May 1940 Sold for scrap, 1968[1] A quadruple 2-pound "pompom" gun was fitted instead of the 3.7 (94 mm) howitzer.[2]

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

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Cocker, Maurice (2006). Coastal Forces Vessels of the Royal Navy from 1865. Stroud: Tempus Publ. p. 101. ISBN 075243862X.
  2. ^ a b c d e Conway's All the world's fighting ships, 1922-1946. Internet Archive. London : Conway Maritime Press. 1980. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-85177-146-5.CS1 maint: others (link)
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