Dragonfly 1938
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Bee | White, Cowes | --- | --- | cancelled | ||
| Dragonfly | Thornycroft, Woolston | 12/1937 | 8/12/1938 | 6/1939 | sunk 14/2/1942 | |
| Grasshopper | Thornycroft, Woolston | 12/1937 | 19/1/1939 | 6/1939 | sunk 14/2/1942 | |
| Locust | T28 | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 11/1938 | 28/9/1939 | 5/1940 | HQ ship 1944, RNVR drill ship 1951 |
| Mosquito | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 12/1938 | 14/11/1939 | 4/1940 | sunk 1/6/1940 |
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Displacement standard, t |
625 |
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Displacement full, t |
715 |
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Length, m |
59.9 |
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Breadth, m |
10.3 |
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Draught, m |
1.88 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
3800 |
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Max speed, kts |
17 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 90 |
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Armament |
Dragonfly, Grasshopper: 2 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 1 x 1 - 87/13 Mtn how, 8 x 1 - 7.7/94 Locust, Mosquito: 2 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 1 x 4 - 40/39 pompom, 8 x 1 - 7.7/94 |
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Complement |
74 |
Ship project history: Gunboats were designed for service in mouth of Yangtze, at the expense of a high freeboard and large depth (for river gunboats standards) they had seaworthiness, sufficient for actions in coastal waters. Serial boats (2nd group) were a little bit less than leadship but carried the same armament, except for DCs. The order of one gunboat was cancelled.
Modernizations: 1943, Locust: + 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 DCT (20 DC)
Naval service: Two gunboats served in the Far East, Locust and Mosquito, completed in 1940 under a little changed design, remained in the European waters.
14/2/1942 Dragonfly and Grasshopper were badly damaged by Japanese aircraft and scuttled by own crews. Mosquito was sunk by German aircraft 1/6/1940 in La Manche.
Mosquito 1939
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