HMS Erebus (I02)

	HMS Erebus in 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Erebus
Operator	Royal Navy
Builder	Harland & Wolff, Govan
Yard number	492
Laid down	12 October 1915
Launched	19 June 1916
Completed	2 September 1916
Commissioned	2 September 1916
Refit	August 1939
Fate	Scrapped July 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Erebus-class monitor
Displacement	7,200 long tons (7,300 t)
Length	405 ft (123.4 m)
Beam	88 ft (26.8 m)
Draught	11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Installed power	6,000 ihp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Reciprocating engines; 2 screws;
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	226
Armament	2 × 15 in (381 mm) guns (1x2); 8 × 4 in (100 mm) guns (8x1); 2 × 12-pounder anti-aircraft guns; 2 × 3 in (76 mm) anti-aircraft guns; 2 × 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns; 4 × .303 in (7.7 mm) machine guns;
Armour	Bulkheads: 4 in (10.2 cm); Barbettes: 8 in (20.3 cm); Turrets: 13 in (33.0 cm); Magazines: 4 in (10.2 cm); Conning tower: 6 in (15.2 cm); Main deck: 2–4 in (5.1–10.2 cm); Torpedo protection bulges;

HMS Erebus was a First World War monitor launched on 19 June 1916 and which served in both world wars. She and her sister ship Terror are known as the Erebus class. They were named after the two bomb vessels sent to investigate the Northwest Passage as part of Franklin's lost expedition (1845–1848), in which all 129 members eventually perished.

Monitors were designed as stable gun platforms with a shallow draught to allow operations close inshore in support of land operations, and were not intended to contest naval battles. Erebus was equipped with two 15 in (381 mm)/42 guns in a single forward turret mounted on a tall barbette to extend the range of fire to 40,000 yd (22.7 mi; 36.6 km).

The Erebus class were designed to outrange German heavy shore batteries and they were also fitted with highly effective anti-torpedo bulges on each side of the hull.

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