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H.M.S. Terror (1916)
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H.M.S. Terror was one of two Erebus class monitors launched in 1916 for the Royal Navy.

Terror recommissioned on 1 February, 1919.^[1]

In 1924, she replaced the battlecruiser Tiger as Turret Drill Ship at Portsmouth, having undergone a refit at the (projected) cost of £27,526.

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Captain Hugh J. Tweedie, 1 February, 1916^[2] – 9 March, 1916^[3]
Captain Charles W. Bruton, 6 July, 1916^[4]^[5] – 31 January, 1919^[6]
Commander Arthur D. Barrow, 31 January, 1919^[7] – 14 February, 1921^[8]
Commander Alick Stokes, 14 February, 1921^[9] – 15 July, 1921^[10]
Commander Gordon F. Markwick, c. April, 1924^[11] – 20 June, 1924^[12] (temporary, on commissioning)
Commander Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher, 2 September, 1929^[13] – 2 September, 1931^[14]
Commander Charles B. C. Swayne, April, 1934 – November, 1936
Commander Ivan W. Whitehorn, November, 1936 – October, 1938
Commander Henry J. Haynes, October, 1938 – February, 1941

John Alfred Moreton, Charles Stuart Inglis and John Mortimer Scott also allegedly held this command at some point.^{[Fact Check]}

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)

Erebus Class Monitor

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 {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles William Bruton|nick=Charles W. Bruton|appt=6 July, 1916{{NLFeb19|p. 916}}<ref>Bruton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602891}} f. 116.</ref>|end=31 January, 1919<ref>Bruton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602891}} f. 116.</ref>}}
-{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Douglas Barrow|nick=Arthur D. Barrow|appt=31 January, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 872}}}}
+{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Douglas Barrow|nick=Arthur D. Barrow|appt=31 January, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 872}}|end=14 February, 1921<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7603167}} f. 433.</ref>}}
 {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alick Stokes|nick=Alick Stokes|appt=14 February, 1921<ref>Stokes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 121.</ref>|end=15 July, 1921<ref>Stokes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 121.</ref>}}
 {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gordon Frederick Markwick|nick=Gordon F. Markwick|appt=c. April, 1924<ref>Markwick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=20 June, 1924<ref>Markwick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|note=temporary, on commissioning}}