HMS Erne

The Royal Navy has four vessels with the name HMS Erne; the name comes from the white-tailed eagle, also known as the erne.

• The 20-gun Sixth Rate Post ship HMS Erne, launched in 1813 and wrecked in 1819 on the Isle of Sal, Cape Verde.^[1]
• The Albacore class gunboat HMS Erne launched in 1856 and broken up in 1874.
• The Torpedo Boat Destroyer HMS Erne launched in 1903 and wrecked in 1915 at Rattray Head.
• The sloop HMS Erne launched in 1939, renamed Wessex in 1952, and broken up in 1965.

Notes

1. Gossett (1986), p.99.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
• Gossett, William Patrick (1986) The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. (London:Mansell). ISBN 0-7201-1816-6