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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 Colin S. Inglis, 20 June, 1924^[13]
Commander Eric Q. Carter, 22 June, 1928^[14] – 2 September, 1929^[15]
Commander Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher, 2 September, 1929^[16] – 2 September, 1931^[17]
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]}

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

Terror

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 {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Colin Stuart Inglis|nick=Colin S. Inglis|appt=20 June, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 274}}|end=}}
+{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Quintin Carter|nick=Eric Q. Carter|appt=22 June, 1928<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>|end=2 September, 1929<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>}}
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 {{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Charles Broughton Clay Swayne|nick=Charles B. C. Swayne|appt=April, 1934|end=November, 1936}}