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The
following is an excerpt from “Armed
with Stings” (A History of the Insect Class River Gunboats) Author A Cecil Hampshire offers us a full written account of this incident. Pages 55 - 72
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS By A. Cecil Hampshire I have received considerable assistance in compiling this brief history of twelve remarkable little ships of the Royal Navy from officers and men who at come period in their naval careers served on board them in
Among those I particularly wish to thank: Commander J. C. Boldero, D.S.C. & Bar, R.N. (Rtd.), Commander S. R. H. Davenport, R.N. (Rtd.), Commander F. B. Carnduff, R.N. (Rtd.), Commander J. F. Blackburn, D.S.O. $ Bar, R.N. (Rtd.), Commander A. D. Gilbert, R.N. (Rtd.), Lieutenant-Commander W. N. D. Lang, R.N.V.R., Mr H. Jobson, Mr W. C. Legood, Mr T. H. Badger Mr J. Cleugh; Also Messrs. Yarrow & Co. Ltd. who in addition to furnishing much useful information also kindly provided some of the photographs. My grateful thanks are also due to the Department of the Chief of Naval Information The Records Department of the Admiralty; The staff of the Admiralty Library; The Hydrographer of the Navy The staff of the
Photographic Library of the
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