H.M.S. Terror (1916)

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

Service

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.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

  • Captain Charles W. Bruton, 6 July, 196.[2]
  • Commander Arthur D. Barrow, 31 January, 1919.[3]
  • John Alfred Moreton[4]
  • Commander G. F. Markwick
  • Commander C. S. Inglis, D.S.O.
  • Commander C. C. B. Vacher, D.S.O.
  • Commander J. M. Scott
  • Commander C. B. C. Swayne, (April, 1934 - November, 1936)
  • Commander I. W. Whitehorn, (November, 1936 - October, 1938)
  • Commander H. J. Haynes, D.S.C. (October, 1938 - February, 1941)

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 872.
  2. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 916.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 872.
  4. Wikipedia

Bibliography

  • 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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