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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Erebus'' (1916)|comm=2 Sep, 1916 |comp=2 Sep, 1916 |fatedate=Jul, 1946 |order= |name=Erebus |launch=1916 |builder=[[Harland & Wolff]], Govan |laid=12 Oct, 1915 |fate=Scrapped |pend= |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> '''H.M.S. ''Erebus''''' was one of two [[Erebus Class Monitor (1916)|''Erebus'' class monitors]] launched in 1916 for the [[Royal Navy]]. ==Service== ''Erebus'' was reduced at Chatham on 28 February, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 769}} She reduced to Special Complement on 2 September, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 238}} Re-commissioned on 1 September, 1926.{{NLJul27|p. 238}} 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.{{NLJul31|p. 237}}{{NLJul37|p. 237}} Reduced to special complement on 19 December, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 237}} 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.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}} ''Erebus'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 October, 1933.{{NLJul37|p. 237}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Erebus''"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Samuel Wills|nick=Charles S. Wills|appt=12 August, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 393''n''}}|end=June, 1918}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Alfred Moreton|nick=John A. Moreton|appt=16 June, 1918<ref>Moreton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 242.</ref>|end=19 March, 1920<ref>Moreton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 242.</ref>|note=died in command}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Claude Alwin Rombulow-Pearse|nick=Claude A. Rombulow-Pearse|appt=20 March, 1920|end=11 May, 1920}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Apsley Dunbar Maxwell Cherry|nick=Apsley D. M. Cherry|appt=11 May, 1920<ref>Cherry Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/220.|D7603006}} f. 251.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 769}}|end=3 January, 1922<ref>Cherry Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/220.|D7603006}} f. 251.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Thomas Alexander Bunbury|nick=Charles T. A. Bunbury|appt=25 September, 1921<ref>Bunbury Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/13.|D7603520}} f. 13.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 756}}|end=25 September, 1923<ref>Bunbury Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/13.|D7603520}} f. 13.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Geoffrey Coleridge Sumner|nick=Charles G. C. Sumner|appt=25 September, 1923<ref>Sumner Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/137.|D7604041}} f. 541.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 238}}|end=25 September, 1925<ref>Sumner Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/137.|D7604041}} f. 541.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Oliver Maurice Fitz-Gerald Stokes|nick=Oliver M. F. Stokes|appt=25 September, 1925<ref>Stokes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/103.|D7603610}} f. 103.</ref>|end=15 June, 1926<ref>Stokes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/103.|D7603610}} f. 103.</ref>|ass=25 September, 1925<ref>Stokes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/103.|D7603610}} f. 103.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Patrick Birmingham Crohan|nick=Patrick B. Crohan|appt=15 June, 1926|end=1 September, 1926}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hubert Seeds Monroe|nick=Hubert S. Monroe|appt=1 September, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 237}}<ref>Monroe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 438.</ref>|end=2 September, 1927<ref>Monroe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 438.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Devonport}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Everard John Hardman-Jones|nick=Everard J. Hardman-Jones|appt=1 September, 1927<ref>Hardman-Jones Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|D7603658}} f. 152.</ref>|end=2 September, 1929<ref>Hardman-Jones Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|D7603658}} f. 152.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stephen St. Leger Moore|nick=Stephen St. L. Moore|appt=2 September, 1929|end=14 September, 1930}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Claude Hamilton|nick=John C. Hamilton|appt=13 September, 1930<ref>Hamilton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 86.</ref>|end=20 September, 1932<ref>Hamilton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 86.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Acheson Forster|nick=Herbert A. Forster|appt=20 September, 1932<ref>Forster Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91/200.|D8116121}} f. 203.</ref>|end=17 December, 1932<ref>Forster Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91/200.|D8116121}} f. 203.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Kenneth Gibson|nick=Arthur K. Gibson|appt=16 December, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 237}}|end=|note=temporary}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cecil Charles Frederick Grey|nick=Cecil C. F. Grey|appt=20 January, 1933<ref>Grey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/160.|}} f. 160.</ref>|end=7 March, 1933{{INF}}<ref>Grey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/160.|}} f. 160.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Noel Pelly|nick=John N. Pelly|appt=7 March, 1933<ref>Pelly Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/27.|}} f. 379.</ref>|end=27 December, 1933<ref>Pelly Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/27.|}} f. 379.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Lloyd Neville|nick=Philip L. Neville|appt=27 December, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 238}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Neville Lake|nick=Henry N. Lake|appt=9 April, 1935<ref>Lake Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|D7605822}} f. 66.</ref>|end=11 December, 1936<ref>Lake Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|D7605822}} f. 66.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Aubrey Basil Fanshawe|nick=Aubrey B. Fanshawe|appt=17 December, 1936<ref>Fanshawe Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/56/40.|}} f. 41.</ref>{{NLJul37|p. 237}}|end=1 February, 1938<ref>Fanshawe Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/56/40.|}} f. 41.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Peveril Barton Reibey Wallop William-Powlett|nick=Peveril B. R. W. William-Powlett|appt=1 January, 1938<ref>William-Powlett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/120/180.|}} f. 180.</ref>|end=7 January, 1939<ref>William-Powlett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/120/180.|}} f. 180.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Ivan Walter Whitehorn|nick=Ivan W. Whitehorn|appt=24 August, 1939|end=12 October, 1939|note=for passage to South Africa}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Noel Hughes Whatley|nick=Noel H. Whatley|appt=12 October, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|5461}}|end=11 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|5461}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Shelley|nick=Richard Shelley|appt=11 November, 1939<ref>Shelley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/92/185.|}} f. 185.</ref>|end=3 February, 1940<ref>Shelley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/92/185.|}} f. 185.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Noel Hughes Whatley|nick=Noel H. Whatley|appt=3 Februasry, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5461}}|end=1 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5461}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Fielding Nalder|nick=Harold F. Nalder|appt=1 July, 1940<ref>Nalder Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/40.|}} f. 40.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|5461}}|end=2 June, 1942<ref>Nalder Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/40.|}} f. 40.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|5461}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Hardress Waller D'Arcy-Evans|nick=Hardress W. D'Arcy-Evans|appt=2 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5461}}|end=16 October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5461}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=John Sydney Plumptre Colquhoun|nick=John S. P. Colquhoun|appt=16 October, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5461}}|end=17 July, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|5461}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Alexander Linley Heron Watson|nick=Francis A. L. H. Watson|appt=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|5461}}|end=mid 1946{{UBAllyWarship|5461}}}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Erebus_(I02)}} * [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-03-HMS_Erebus.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net] *{{Buxton}} {{refend}} {{Footer Erebus Class Monitor (1916)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Erebus}} {{CatShipMonitor|UK}}

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