H.M.S. Eridge (1916)

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H.M.S. Eridge (1916)
Admiralty Pendant Number: 890[1]
Pendant Number: T.60 (Sep 1918)[2]
Builder: Clyde Shipbuilding Company[3]
Ordered: Sep 1915[4]
Launched: 23 Feb, 1916[5]
Sold: Mar, 1922[6]
H.M.S. Eridge was one of thirty-two Ascot Class paddle minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

On the night of 1/2 January, 1917, Eridge was involved in a collision with the destroyer Vigilant, whose captain, Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Robert Geoffrey Cross had a habit of colliding with things. However, the Admiralty primarily blamed Eridge's Lt. Hindmarsh for the collision. He received an expression of severe displeasure, and was to be relieved in command, but it appears that he may have kept at it.[7]

In January, 1921, she was one of thirteen minesweepers lying, paid off at Rosyth.[8]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111. See this note for more info.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 111.
  7. Hindmarsh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/39/82. f. 43.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 709a-11.
  9. Abbott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/39/526. f. 268.
  10. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 394e.
  11. Abbott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/39/526. f. 268.
  12. Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/199. f. 199.
  13. Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/199. f. 199.
  14. Hindmarsh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/39/82. f. 43.
  15. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393n.
  16. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 788.

Bibliography


Ascot Class Paddle Minesweeper
1915 Design
Ascot Atherstone Chelmsford Chepstow Croxton
Doncaster Eglinton Epsom Eridge Gatwick
Kempton Lingfield Ludlow Melton Newbury
Plumpton Pontefract Cheltenham Goodwood Haldon
  Hurst Redcar Sandown Totnes  
Enlarged, 1917 Design
  Banbury Harpenden Hexham Lanark  
  Lewes Shincliffe Shirley Wetherby  
  Minesweepers (UK) Hunt Class –>