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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]]. | ||
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+ | ==Service== | ||
+ | ''Erebus'' was reduced at Chatham on 28 February, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 769}} | ||
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+ | She reduced to Special Complement on 2 September, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 238}} | ||
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+ | Re-commissioned on 1 September, 1926.{{NLJul27|p. 238}} | ||
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+ | 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}} | ||
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+ | Reduced to special complement on 19 December, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 237}} | ||
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+ | 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}} | ||
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+ | ''Erebus'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 19 October, 1933.{{NLJul37|p. 237}} | ||
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==Captains== | ==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=25 March, 1935<ref>Neville Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/29.|}} f. 381.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{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== | ==Footnotes== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{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}} | *{{Buxton}} | ||
− | + | {{refend}} | |
− | {{Erebus Class (1916)}} | + | {{Footer Erebus Class Monitor (1916)}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Erebus}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Erebus}} | ||
{{CatShipMonitor|UK}} | {{CatShipMonitor|UK}} |
Latest revision as of 22:09, 24 May 2022
H.M.S. Erebus (1916) | |
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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.
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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