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Commissioned on 2 September, 1924.{{NLJan33|p. 277}}
 
Commissioned on 2 September, 1924.{{NLJan33|p. 277}}
  
In 1924, she replaced the battlecruiser {{UK-Tiger}} as Turret Drill Ship at Portsmouth, having undergone a refit at the (projected) cost of £27,526.
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In 1924, she replaced the battlecruiser {{UK-Tiger}} as Turret Drill Ship at Portsmouth, having undergone a refit at a cost that had been projected to be £27,526.
  
She commissioned on 12 September, 1933.{{NLJul34|p. 279}}
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''Terror'' commissioned on 12 September, 1933.{{NLJul34|p. 279}}
  
Re-commissioned at Singapore on 10 December, 1935.{{NLJul37|p. 279}}
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The ship was re-commissioned at Singapore on 10 December, 1935.{{NLJul37|p. 279}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gordon Frederick Markwick|nick=Gordon F. Markwick|appt=c. April, 1924<ref>Markwick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=20 June, 1924<ref>Markwick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>|note=temporary, on commissioning}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gordon Frederick Markwick|nick=Gordon F. Markwick|appt=c. April, 1924<ref>Markwick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=20 June, 1924<ref>Markwick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>|note=temporary, on commissioning}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Colin Stuart Inglis|nick=Colin S. Inglis|appt=20 June, 1924{{NLFeb26|p. 274}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Colin Stuart Inglis|nick=Colin S. Inglis|appt=20 June, 1924{{NLFeb26|p. 274}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Randal Borough McCowen|nick=Randal B. McCowen|appt=22 June, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 273}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Randal Borough McCowen|nick=Randal B. McCowen|appt=22 June, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 273}}|end=22 June, 1928}}
 
{{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>}}
 
{{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>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher|nick=Cecil C. B. Vacher|appt=2 September, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 274}}<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|end=2 September, 1931<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher|nick=Cecil C. B. Vacher|appt=2 September, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 274}}<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>|end=2 September, 1931<ref>Vacher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Book 9, f. 313.</ref>}}

Revision as of 18:30, 7 December 2020

H.M.S. Terror (1916)
Builder: Harland & Wolff, Govan
Laid down: 26 Oct, 1915
Launched: 1916
Completed: 6 Aug, 1916
Commissioned: 6 Aug, 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]

Commissioned on 2 September, 1924.[2]

In 1924, she replaced the battlecruiser Tiger as Turret Drill Ship at Portsmouth, having undergone a refit at a cost that had been projected to be £27,526.

Terror commissioned on 12 September, 1933.[3]

The ship was re-commissioned at Singapore on 10 December, 1935.[4]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 872.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 277.
  3. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 279.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 279.
  5. Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
  6. Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 916.
  8. Bruton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 116.
  9. Bruton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 116.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 872.
  11. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 433.
  12. Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 121.
  13. Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 121.
  14. Jukes Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/160. f. ?.
  15. Jukes Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/160. f. ?.
  16. Markwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  17. Markwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  18. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 274.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 273.
  20. Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  21. Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  22. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 274.
  23. Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  24. Vacher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Book 9, f. 313.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 277.
  26. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 279.
  27. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 279.

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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