HMS Cricket
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The
gunboat HMS Cricket was built at Barclay Curle & Co
Ltd in Glasgow and launched in December 1915 for Royal
Navy. She did service in Mesopotamia under first world
war, and in the Russian Civil War she participated as
support for the British Intervention forces in 1919 to
1920. She was sent to China Station in 1923, and after the
outbreak of world war two she was transferred to
Alexandria. Under an Italian air attack from 9º Gruppo
Caccia 12. July 1941 she was heavily damaged and declared
a total loss. In June 1942 she was stripped for parts and
weapons and towed to Cyprus. Here she was used as a
training target for RAF pilots. The wreck of Cricket rest
today upside-down on a depth of 25 to 32 meter outside
Xylofagou in the bay of Larnaca.
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| GPS (WGS84): 34 58′ N 33 49′ E ( Source: Proscuba Divers )  Picture: HMS Cicala, Insect class gunboat in 1938 Courtesy of Royal Navy  Last updated: August 2019 |
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