H.M.S. Erne
U.03
1942
(SN-L1183a)
- Class: Black Swan class - 4 sloops of 1938-39
- Displacement: 1,300 tons light / 1,750 tons full load
- Dimensions: 299'6" x 37'6" x 11'
- Machinery: Geared turbines, 2-shaft, S.H.P. 4,300 = 19.75 knots
- Armament: 6-4in QF Mk XVI AA (3x2), 4-2pdr AA (1x4), 8-.5in AA (2x4) guns; 40 DC
- Complement: 192
- Builder: Furness Shipbuilding, Haverton Hill-on-Tees
- Laid Down: 21 Sep 1939
- Launched: 5 Aug 1940
- Completed: 3 Apr 1941
- Notes: North Africa 1942; Atlantic 1942-45; Sicily 1943. Took part in destruction of German submarine U-213, 31 Jul 1942, while escorting convoy OS35. After VE-Day transferred to the Pacific, arriving after hostilities ceased. Returned to Plymouth 1946 and later converted to RNVR drill ship HMS Wessex at Portsmouth, serving until 1965.
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