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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Erebus'' (1916)|comm=2 Sep, 1916
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|name=Erebus
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|launch=1916
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|builder=[[Harland & Wolff]], Govan
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|laid=12 Oct, 1915
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'''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==
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''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==
*Captain [[Charles S. Wills]], C.M.G., D.S.O.
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
* [[John Alfred Moreton]]
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Erebus''">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Samuel Wills|nick=Charles S. Wills|appt=12 August, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 393''n''}}|end=June, 1918}}
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{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Claude Alwin Rombulow-Pearse|nick=Claude A. Rombulow-Pearse|appt=20 March, 1920|end=11 May, 1920}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Patrick Birmingham Crohan|nick=Patrick B. Crohan|appt=15 June, 1926|end=1 September, 1926}}
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{{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}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stephen St. Leger Moore|nick=Stephen St. L. Moore|appt=2 September, 1929|end=14 September, 1930}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Kenneth Gibson|nick=Arthur K. Gibson|appt=16 December, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 237}}|end=|note=temporary}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Noel Hughes Whatley|nick=Noel H. Whatley|appt=12 October, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|5461}}|end=11 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|5461}}}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Noel Hughes Whatley|nick=Noel H. Whatley|appt=3 Februasry, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5461}}|end=1 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5461}}}}
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{{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}}}}
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{{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}}}}
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{{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}}}}
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{{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}}}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
 
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==Bibliography==
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==See Also==
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-03-HMS_Erebus.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
 
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Latest revision as of 22:09, 24 May 2022

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.

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.

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 769.
  2. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 238.
  3. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 238.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 237.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 237.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 237.
  7. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 237.
  9. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393n.
  10. Moreton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 242.
  11. Moreton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 242.
  12. Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
  13. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 769.
  14. Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
  15. Bunbury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/13. f. 13.
  16. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 756.
  17. Bunbury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/13. f. 13.
  18. Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 238.
  20. Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
  21. Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/103. f. 103.
  22. Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/103. f. 103.
  23. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 237.
  24. Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.
  25. Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 438.
  26. Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
  27. Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
  28. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 86.
  29. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 86.
  30. Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/200. f. 203.
  31. Forster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/200. f. 203.
  32. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 237.
  33. Grey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/160. f. 160.
  34. Grey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/160. f. 160.
  35. Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/27. f. 379.
  36. Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/27. f. 379.
  37. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 238.
  38. Neville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/29. f. 381.
  39. Lake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 66.
  40. Lake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 66.
  41. Fanshawe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/40. f. 41.
  42. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 237.
  43. Fanshawe Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/40. f. 41.
  44. William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/180. f. 180.
  45. William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/180. f. 180.
  46. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. Shelley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/185. f. 185.
  49. Shelley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/185. f. 185.
  50. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. Nalder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/40. f. 40.
  53. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  54. Nalder Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/40. f. 40.
  55. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  56. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  57. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  58. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  59. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  60. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  61. Uboat.net page on the ship.

See Also


Erebus Class Monitor
  Erebus Terror  
<– Marshal Ney Class Monitors (UK) Roberts Class –>