HMS Cricket (shore establishment)
 HMS Cricket was the name given to a Royal Navy shore establishment on the River Hamble from 1943 to 1946. This name was previously used by the Insect class gunboat HMS Cricket that was scrapped in 1942.HMS Cricket was commissioned on 15 July 1943. Initially it was a Royal Marine Landing Craft Crew Training Base. It was established as an independent command with accounts being handled by HMS Shrapnel. The base was later used to assemble troops and landing craft in the build-up to D-day.