HMS Moth (1915)
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HMS Moth was an Insect-class gunboat of the Royal Navy. Entering service in 1916, Moth had a varied career with service in the Middle East, the White Sea and the Far East in two world wars. Scuttled in World War II during the invasion of Hong Kong, the ship was raised and put into service by the Imperial Japanese Navy as Suma (須磨). The ship remained active throughout the war, before striking a naval mine in the Yangtze River in 1945 and sinking.
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During service as the Japanese Suma in 1942 | |
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Name | HMS Moth |
Ordered | 1915 |
Builder | Sunderland Shipbuilding Company |
Laid down | 1915 |
Launched | 9 October 1915 |
Commissioned | 5 January 1916 |
Fate | Scuttled 12 December 1941 at Hong Kong |
General characteristics HMS Moth | |
Class and type | Insect-class gunboat |
Displacement | 625 tons |
Length | 72.40 m (237 ft 6 in) (overall) |
Beam | 11.00 m (36 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 1.20 m (3 ft 11 in) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 14.0 knots (25.9 km/h; 16.1 mph) |
Complement | 55 |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Suma (須磨) |
Namesake | Suma-ku, Kobe |
Builder | Navy 2nd Construction Department at Hong Kong |
Acquired | February 1942 |
Commissioned | 1 July 1942 |
Decommissioned | 10 May 1945 |
Stricken | 11 May 1945 |
Fate | Sunk 19 March 1945 by naval mine |
General characteristics Suma | |
Displacement | 645 tons |
Length | 72.40 m (237 ft 6 in) (overall) |
Beam | 10.97 m (36 ft 0 in) |
Draft | 1.22 m (4 ft 0 in) |
Speed | 14.0 knots (16.1 mph; 25.9 km/h) |
Complement | 84 (March 1945) |
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Moth was laid down during the first half of 1915 at the yards of the Sunderland Shipbuilding Company, with her sister ship Mantis. Moth was launched on 9 October 1915 and completed on 5 January 1916.