H.M.S. Eridge (1916)

H.M.S. Eridge was one of thirty-two Ascot Class paddle minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

In 1917, Elridge was involved in a collision with the destroyer Vigilant, whose captain, Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Robert Geoffrey Cross had a habit of colliding with things.

In January, 1921, she was one of thirteen minesweepers lying, paid off at Rosyth.^[7]

Acting Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Bernard E. Abbott, 14 April, 1916^[8]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command John D. Hindmarsh, 23 September, 1916^[9] – 1918^[Inference]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Arthur Wilson, 21 October, 1918^[10] – 1919^[Inference]

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111. See this note for more info.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 709a-11.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 394e.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393n.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 788.