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Pennant No:                           X20 / X25

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Into Service:                           1915
Out of service:                        August 1921
Fate:                                        Sold commercially

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -

20 October 1915 Lieutenant  Thomas Gillmour RNR appointed in command

26 November 1915 Engineer Lieutenant George Youngson RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

28 December 1916 Engineer Lieutenant  George Youngson RNR appeared before a court martial charged with being absent without leave. The charge was adjudged to be proved and he was sentenced to be severely reprimanded and to be dismissed his ship.

16 August 1917 Engineer Lieutenant Adam McNaughton RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer

1 October 1918 John Young, Diver's Linesman MMR 891690 discharged dead. He is buried in Charlton Cemetery, Dover and remembered with pride on the Dover Town War Memorial

August 1921 sold out of service to J R Thompson.

Ships of the same name

Fidget. A wood screw gunboat of the “Cheerful” class, built by Joyce at Greenhithe and launched on the 7 April 1856.  Broken up at Haslar in 1863.

Fidget. An iron screw gunboat of the “Ant” class, launched by Chatham Dockyard on the 13 March 1872, she was hulked in 1905.