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''HMS Terror'' was lost in the Mediterranean on 23 February 1941, after being damaged by Luftwaffe Ju-87 "Stuka" dive bombers the previous day.

HMS Erebus was scrapped in 1946.


GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

(from Conway's all the world's fighting ships 1906-1921)

  • Displacement: 8000 tons standard, 8450 tons full load

  • Length: 405ft

  • Beam: 88ft

  • Draught: 11ft 8 inch

  • Machinery: 4 oil fired boilers, 2 shaft Reciprocating Engine s, 6000 hp

  • Speed: 12 knots

  • Armour:

  • ---Belt and bulkheads: 4 inch

  • --- Barbette 8 inch barbette,

  • --- Turret : 13 inch

  • ---deck: 4 inch

  • ---anti-torpedo bulges: 9 ft wide

  • Armament:

  • ---two 15-inch /42 Mk 1 guns in a single turret

  • ---two single 6 inch guns,

  • ---four single 3 inch Anti-aircraft (AA) guns.

  • Crew: 204 original, rising to 315 later


They were refitted later. This revised the secondary armament and they weere equipped with eight 4-inch single mount guns, two single mount 3-inch AA , and two quadruple .50 inch Vickers Machine Gun AA mounts.


SERVICE

The class was to see most of its service in the Naval Gunfire Support (NGS) role. During World War I they operated off the German-occupied Belgian coast bombarding naval forces based at Ostend and Zeebrugge. HMS ''Erebus'' was damaged by a remote controlled explosive motor boat and HMS ''Terror'' was torpedoed by motor Torpedo Boat s.

Both ships were placed in reserve between the wars but returned to service in World War II where they were again used to provide fire support to British troops.


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