HMS Locust (T28)

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HMS Locust, 25 February 1942
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Locust
Ordered	20 June 1938
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd., Scotstoun[1]
Laid down	29 November 1938
Launched	28 September 1939[1]
Commissioned	17 May 1940
Decommissioned	May 1946
Reclassified	Royal Naval Reserve drill ship in 1951
Fate	Sold for breaking, 1968
General characteristics
Class and type	Dragonfly-class river gunboat
Displacement	585 tons[1]
Length	197 ft (60 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draught	5 ft (1.5 m)
Installed power	3,800 shp (2,800 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Parsons geared steam turbines 2 × 78-inch, 3-bladed propellers 3 × rudders
Speed	17 knots (20 mph; 31 km/h) (max)
Range	90 tons of fuel
Complement	74
Armament	1939-1941: Upper platform: 1 × 0.5-inch quad-barrel machine gun Battery deck: 1 × 4-inch QF Mk V gun, 1 × 3.7-inch howitzer, 2 × 2-inch deck-mounted mortars Main deck: 1 × 4-inch QF Mk V gun, 1 × 0.5-inch quad-barrel machine gun 1941-1946: Upper platform: 1 × 0.5-inch quad-barrel machine gun Battery deck: 1 × 4-inch QF Mk V gun, 1 × 2-pdr 4-barrel pom-pom, 2 × 2-inch deck-mounted mortars Main deck: 1 × 4-inch QF Mk V gun, 1 × 0.5-inch quad-barrel machine gun From 1946: Upper platform: 2 × Oerlikon 20mm Mk VIIIA machine gun Battery deck: 1 × 25-pdr gun, 1 × 2-pdr 4-barrel pom-pom, 2 × 2-inch deck-mounted mortars Main deck: 1 × 4-inch QF Mk V gun, 1 × Oerlikon Mk VIIA machine gun

HMS Locust was one of 4 Dragonfly-class river gunboats of the Royal Navy, and was named after the locust, an insect. Launched on 28 September 1939 and commissioned on 17 May 1940, she survived the Second World War despite being severely damaged many times, including taking a shell hit during Operation Overlord.