About: HMS Aphis

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HMS Aphis was a Royal Navy Insect-class gunboat. She was built by Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, launched on 15 September 1915 and completed in November 1915. She was based in Port Said at the beginning of World War I, served in Romania and then the China Station until 1940. All of her fighting service was in the Mediterranean, taking part in the invasion of Pantelleria and landings in the south of France, returning briefly to the Pacific in 1945. She was scrapped at Singapore in 1947. Her class was intended for shallow, fast flowing rivers and they also proved suitable for inshore operations when her relatively heavy weaponry could be used to support Army operations.

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  • HMS Aphis was a Royal Navy Insect-class gunboat. She was built by Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, launched on 15 September 1915 and completed in November 1915. She was based in Port Said at the beginning of World War I, served in Romania and then the China Station until 1940. All of her fighting service was in the Mediterranean, taking part in the invasion of Pantelleria and landings in the south of France, returning briefly to the Pacific in 1945. She was scrapped at Singapore in 1947. Her class was intended for shallow, fast flowing rivers and they also proved suitable for inshore operations when her relatively heavy weaponry could be used to support Army operations. In February 1942 after a successful Warship Week National Savings campaign, Aphis was adopted by the civil communities of Warminster and Westbury in Wiltshire. (en)
  • «Ейфіс» (англ. HMS Aphis (1915) — військовий корабель, річковий канонерський човен типу «Інсект» Королівського військово-морського флоту Великої Британії за часів Першої та Другої світових війн. «Ейфіс» закладений у березні 1915 року на верфі компанії у Труні. 15 вересня 1915 року він був спущений на воду, а 11 листопада 1915 року увійшов до складу Королівських ВМС Великої Британії. (uk)
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  • *("A Foe to our Foes")
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  • 1915-09-15 (xsd:date)
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  • Scrapped 1947
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  • *2 × BL 6-inch Mk VII guns *2 × 12-pounder guns *6 × .303-inch Maxim machine guns (en)
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  • On a Field Gold, an Aphis green (en)
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  • United Kingdom (en)
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  • Scrapped 1947 (en)
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  • *Mediterranean *Libya *Sicily *Adriatic *Southern France (en)
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  • 1915-09-15 (xsd:date)
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  • *Hostibus hostis * (en)
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  • HMS Aphis (en)
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  • «Ейфіс» (англ. HMS Aphis (1915) — військовий корабель, річковий канонерський човен типу «Інсект» Королівського військово-морського флоту Великої Британії за часів Першої та Другої світових війн. «Ейфіс» закладений у березні 1915 року на верфі компанії у Труні. 15 вересня 1915 року він був спущений на воду, а 11 листопада 1915 року увійшов до складу Королівських ВМС Великої Британії. (uk)
  • HMS Aphis was a Royal Navy Insect-class gunboat. She was built by Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, launched on 15 September 1915 and completed in November 1915. She was based in Port Said at the beginning of World War I, served in Romania and then the China Station until 1940. All of her fighting service was in the Mediterranean, taking part in the invasion of Pantelleria and landings in the south of France, returning briefly to the Pacific in 1945. She was scrapped at Singapore in 1947. Her class was intended for shallow, fast flowing rivers and they also proved suitable for inshore operations when her relatively heavy weaponry could be used to support Army operations. (en)
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  • HMS Aphis (en)
  • HMS Aphis (1915) (uk)
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