Description: HMS EREBUS HMS Erebus was a Monitor that served in both world wars. She and her sister ship HMS Terror are known as the Erebus class. They were named after the two ketches sent to investigate the Northwest passage and subsequently lost in 1845Launched on 19 June 1916 she was commissioned on 2 September of the same year.During the First World War, Erebus bombarded German naval forces based at the Belgian ports of Ostend and Zeebrugge.In 1919, Erebus took part in the British action against Russia providing gunfire support in the White and Baltic seas.In 1921, Erebus took part in gunnery trials against the surrendered German battleship Baden. She then served as a gunnery training ship between the two world wars. She had a refit, completed in August 1939In the early WWII years, Erebus served with the Eastern Fleet and Mediterranean Fleet, where she was used to run supplies to besieged Tobruk and bombard enemy concentrations. In 1943, she was damaged while bombarding Sicily during the Allied landings.Erebus was used for coastal bombardment during the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, firing at the batteries at Barfleur and La Pernelle. She suffered one 15-inch gun destroyed due to a premature explosion of the high explosive round in the bore.On 10 August 1944, she was used against the defenders of Le Havre. She was damaged by a shore battery and was out of action for some time. In November 1944, she supported the amphibious assault on Walcheren, Netherlands.She was scrapped in July 1946. 6 x 4 ins PHOTO HIGH QUALITY, GLOSS, PRINTING PAPER PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS A QUALITY MODERN COPY IN PRISTINE CONDITION
Price: 1.99 GBP
Location: WATERLOOVILLE, Hampshire
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Antique: No
Type: Photograph
Year of Production: 1921
Size: 4 x 6 in (10 x 15 cm)
Subject: Royal Navy
