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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==
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*Captain [[Apsley Dunbar Maxwell Cherry]], 11 May 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 769.</ref>
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*Captain [[Charles S. Wills]], C.M.G., D.S.O.
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* [[John Alfred Moreton]]
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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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==Footnotes==
 
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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 –>


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