H.M.S. Erebus (1916)
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| H.M.S. Erebus (1916) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Harland & Wolff, Govan |
| Laid down: | 12 Oct, 1915 |
| Launched: | 1916 |
| Completed: | 2 Sep, 1916 |
| Commissioned: | 2 Sep, 1916 |
| Scrapped: | Jul, 1946 |
H.M.S. Erebus was one of two Erebus class monitors launched in 1916 for the Royal Navy.
Contents
Service
Erebus was reduced at Chatham on 28 February, 1920.[1]
She reduced to Special Complement on 2 September, 1924.[2]
Re-commissioned on 1 September, 1926.[3]
She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 27 July, 1927 and commenced service as a cadet training ship and turret drill ship, which role she would retain through at least mid-1937.[4][5]
Reduced to special complement on 19 December, 1932.[6]
In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[7]
Erebus was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 October, 1933.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Charles S. Wills, 12 August, 1916[9] – June, 1918
- Captain John A. Moreton, 16 June, 1918[10] – 19 March, 1920[11] (died in command)
- Captain Claude A. Rombulow-Pearse, 20 March, 1920 – 11 May, 1920
- Captain Apsley D. M. Cherry, 11 May, 1920[12][13] – 3 January, 1922[14]
- Commander Charles T. A. Bunbury, 25 September, 1921[15][16] – 25 September, 1923[17]
- Commander Charles G. C. Sumner, 25 September, 1923[18][19] – 25 September, 1925[20]
- Commander Oliver M. F. Stokes, 25 September, 1925[21] – 15 June, 1926[22]
- Commander Patrick B. Crohan, 15 June, 1926 – 1 September, 1926
- Captain Hubert S. Monroe, 1 September, 1926[23][24] – 2 September, 1927[25] (and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport)
- Captain Everard J. Hardman-Jones, 1 September, 1927[26] – 2 September, 1929[27]
- Captain Stephen St. L. Moore, 2 September, 1929 – 14 September, 1930
- Captain John C. Hamilton, 13 September, 1930[28] – 20 September, 1932[29]
- Captain Herbert A. Forster, 20 September, 1932[30] – 17 December, 1932[31]
- Commander Arthur K. Gibson, 16 December, 1932[32] (temporary)
- Lieutenant-Commander Cecil C. F. Grey, 20 January, 1933[33] – 7 March, 1933[Inference][34]
- Commander John N. Pelly, 7 March, 1933[35] – 27 December, 1933[36]
- Commander Philip L. Neville, 27 December, 1933[37] – 25 March, 1935[38]
- Commander Henry N. Lake, 9 April, 1935[39] – 11 December, 1936[40]
- Commander Aubrey B. Fanshawe, 17 December, 1936[41][42] – 1 February, 1938[43]
- Captain Peveril B. R. W. William-Powlett, 1 January, 1938[44] – 7 January, 1939[45]
- Commander Ivan W. Whitehorn, 24 August, 1939 – 12 October, 1939 (for passage to South Africa)
- Lieutenant-Commander Noel H. Whatley, 12 October, 1939[46] – 11 November, 1939[47]
- Captain Richard Shelley, 11 November, 1939[48] – 3 February, 1940[49]
- Lieutenant-Commander Noel H. Whatley, 3 Februasry, 1940[50] – 1 July, 1940[51]
- Captain Harold F. Nalder, 1 July, 1940[52][53] – 2 June, 1942[54][55]
- Acting Commander Hardress W. D'Arcy-Evans, 2 June, 1942[56] – 16 October, 1943[57]
- Acting Captain (retired) John S. P. Colquhoun, 16 October, 1943[58] – 17 July, 1945[59]
- Lieutenant-Commander Francis A. L. H. Watson, mid 1945[60] – mid 1946[61]
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 769.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 238.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 238.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 237.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 237.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 237.
- ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 237.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393n.
- ↑ Moreton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 242.
- ↑ Moreton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 242.
- ↑ Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 769.
- ↑ Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
- ↑ Bunbury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/13. f. 13.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 756.
- ↑ Bunbury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/13. f. 13.
- ↑ Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 238.
- ↑ Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/103. f. 103.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/103. f. 103.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 237.
- ↑ Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.
- ↑ Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.
- ↑ Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
- ↑ Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 86.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 86.
- ↑ Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/200. f. 203.
- ↑ Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/200. f. 203.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 237.
- ↑ Grey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/160. f. 160.
- ↑ Grey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/160. f. 160.
- ↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/27. f. 379.
- ↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/27. f. 379.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 238.
- ↑ Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/29. f. 381.
- ↑ Lake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 66.
- ↑ Lake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 66.
- ↑ Fanshawe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/40. f. 41.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 237.
- ↑ Fanshawe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/40. f. 41.
- ↑ William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/180. f. 180.
- ↑ William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/180. f. 180.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Shelley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/185. f. 185.
- ↑ Shelley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/185. f. 185.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Nalder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/40. f. 40.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Nalder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/40. f. 40.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
See Also
- Wikipedia
- Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net
- Buxton, Ian L. (1978). Big Gun Monitors: The History of the Design, Construction and Operation of the Royal Navy's Monitors. Tynemouth: World Ship Society. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk)
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