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.
Service
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.
Captains
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 Randal B. McCowen, 22 June, 1926[15]
- Commander Eric Q. Carter, 22 June, 1928[16] – 2 September, 1929[17]
- Commander Cecil C. B. Vacher, 2 September, 1929[18][19] – 2 September, 1931[20]
- Commander Geoffrey Nicholson, 2 September, 1931[21]
- 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.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 872.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 277.
- ↑ 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. f. ?.
- ↑ Markwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 274.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 273.
- ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
- ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). 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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 277.
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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