HMS Erne

Last updated November 30, 2021

The Royal Navy has four vessels with the name HMS Erne; the name comes from the white-tailed eagle, also known as the erne.

The 20-gun sixth-rate post ship HMS Erne (1813), launched in 1813 and wrecked in 1819 on the Isle of Sal, Cape Verde.^[1]
The Albacore-class gunboat HMS Erne (1856) launched in 1856 and broken up in 1874.
The torpedo boat destroyer HMS Erne (1903) launched in 1903 and wrecked in 1915 at Rattray Head.
The sloop HMS Erne (U03) launched in 1939, renamed Wessex in 1952, and broken up in 1965.

Notes

↑ Gossett (1986), p.99.

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References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
Gossett, William Patrick (1986) The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. (London:Mansell). ISBN 0-7201-1816-6

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[1] Gossett (1986), p.99.

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