H.M.S. Terror (1916): Difference between revisions

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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]

Commissioned on 2 September, 1924.^[2]

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^[3] – 9 March, 1916^[4]
Captain Charles W. Bruton, 6 July, 1916^[5]^[6] – 31 January, 1919^[7]
Commander Arthur D. Barrow, 31 January, 1919^[8] – 14 February, 1921^[9]
Commander Alick Stokes, 14 February, 1921^[10] – 15 July, 1921^[11]
Commander Gordon F. Markwick, c. April, 1924^[12] – 20 June, 1924^[13] (temporary, on commissioning)
Commander Colin S. Inglis, 20 June, 1924^[14]
Commander Eric Q. Carter, 22 June, 1928^[15] – 2 September, 1929^[16]
Commander Cecil C. B. Vacher, 2 September, 1929^[17]^[18] – 2 September, 1931^[19]
Commander John M. Scott, 6 June, 1933 – 17 July, 1935
Commander Charles B. C. Swayne, April, 1934 – November, 1936
Commander Ivan W. Whitehorn, November, 1936 – 6 September, 1938
Commander Henry J. Haynes, 3 January, 1939 – February, 1941

John Alfred Moreton also allegedly held this command at some point, but neither of his service records indicates this.

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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