Gunboats
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
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| Aphis | UK | 1927 | | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet |
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| Cicala | UK | | 21 December 1941 |
Bombed and sunk (probably scuttled) near Hong Kong |
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| Cockchafer | UK | | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet |
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| Cricket | UK | <1939 | November 1940 | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet |
| Dragonfly | UK | June 1939 | 14 February 1942 | Sunk in Riau Archipelago |
| Falcon | UK | | February 1942 |
Transferred to China; renamed Luan Huan |
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| Gannet | UK | | February 1942 |
Transferred to China; renamed Ying Shan ("British Mountain") |
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| Gnat | UK | | >December 1941 |
Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet |
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| Grasshopper | UK | | 14 February 1942 |
Beached after dive bombers hit her(wreck still there today) in Riau Archipelago |
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| Ladybird | UK | 1927 | >December 1941 | Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet |
| Mantis | UK | 1927 | January 1940 | Scrapped Shanghai |
| Moth | UK | | 12 December 1941 |
Sunk and refloated by Japanese; renamed Suma; mined and sunk 19 March 1945 near Nanking |
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| Peterel | UK | | 8 December 1941 |
Sunk at Shanghai |
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| Robin | UK | | 25 December 1941 |
Scuttled near Hong Kong |
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| Sandpiper | UK | 1933 | February 1942 | Transferred to China; renamed Ying Hao ("British Hero") |
| Scarab | UK | | >December 1941 |
Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet |
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| Scorpion | UK | 1937 | February 1942 | Sunk near Singapore |
| Seamew | UK | 1927 | 18 August 1947 | Scrapped at Basra |
| Tarantula | UK | | 1 May 1946 |
Sunk during target practice |
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| Tern | UK | | 19 December 1941 |
Scuttled at Deep Water Bay |
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