H.M.S. Terror (1916)
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| H.M.S. Terror (1916) | |
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| Launched: | 1916 |
| Sold: | |
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 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 Colin S. Inglis, 20 June, 1924[13]
- Commander Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher, 2 September, 1929[14] – 2 September, 1931[15]
- 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 and John Mortimer Scott also allegedly held this command at some point.[Fact Check]
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 872.
- ↑ Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
- ↑ Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 916.
- ↑ Bruton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 116.
- ↑ Bruton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 116.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 872.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 433.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 121.
- ↑ Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 121.
- ↑ Markwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Markwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 274.
- ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
- ↑ Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
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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