Memorials & monuments · South East England
HMS Cricket
HMS Cricket — a memorial in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
David Martin — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
HMS Cricket is a memorial located in england-south-east, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.
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From the Wikipedia article
Two ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cricket, after the cricket, an insect native to Britain: HMS Cricket (1906) was a Cricket-class coastal destroyer, launched in 1906. She was re-rated as a 1st-class torpedo boat that year and renamed TB 1. She was sold in 1920. HMS Cricket (1915) was an Insect-class gunboat, launched in 1915. She was used as a minesweeper from 1939 and gunboat from 1940, before being scrapped in 1942. HMS Cricket (shore establishment) was a shore establishment in Hampshire, commissioned in 1943 and paid off in 1946.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 50.8962, -1.2936
- County
- Hampshire
- District
- Eastleigh
- Parish
- Hedge End
- Postcode
- SO31 1AA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hamble Valley
Sources
- osm: node/7230109287 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: HMS Cricket (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is HMS Cricket?
- HMS Cricket is in Hampshire, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SO31 1AA), in the parish of Hedge End.
- Is HMS Cricket free to visit?
- Yes, HMS Cricket is free to enter.
- How do I get to HMS Cricket?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SO31 1AA. It sits within the Hamble Valley parliamentary constituency.