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.
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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, 1916[2]
- Commander Arthur D. Barrow, 31 January, 1919[3]
- 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, Gordon Frederick Markwick, Charles Stuart Inglis, Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher and John Mortimer Scott also allegedly held this command at some point.[Fact Check]
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 872.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 916.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 872.
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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