Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | River gunboat |
Class | Insect |
Pennant | T 71 |
Built by | Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) |
Ordered | 9 Feb 1915 |
Laid down | Feb 1915 |
Launched | 10 Dec 1915 |
Commissioned | Feb 1916 |
Lost | 21 Dec 1941 |
History | HMS Cicala (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.C. Boldero, DSC, RN) was damaged at Hong Kong by Japanese aircraft. Then scuttled in the East Lamma Channel (near Aberdeen) with a total of six depth charges being dropped alongside the hull by HMS MTB 9 (Lt. A. Kennedy, RNVR) |
Commands listed for HMS Cicala (T 71)
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Commander | From | To | ||
1 | Lt.Cdr. Denis John Pack-Beresford, RN | 8 Feb 1938 | 13 May 1940 | |
2 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Gerard Horace Gandy, RN | 13 May 1940 | 3 Apr 1941 | |
3 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) John Christian Boldero, DSC, RN | 24 Jun 1941 | 21 Dec 1941 |
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