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HMS ''Erne'', pennant number U03, was a sloop laid down by Furness Shipbuilding at Haverton Hill-on-Tees, Co. Durham on 21 September 1939, launched on 5 August 1940 and commissioned on 3 April 1941. She was adopted by the district of Bootle, then in Lancashire, as part of Warship Week in 1942. She took her name like others in her class from birds, in this case a white-tailed eagle, also known as the erne. ==Service History== On 30 April 1941, while ''Erne'', (Lt.Cdr. H M Darell-Brown, RN) was still at the builders yard (4 days after commissioning), a near miss during a German air attack caused heavy damage. Repairs took until June 1942. On 31 July 1942, depth charges from the three British sloops ''Erne'', (Lt.Cdr. E.D.J. Abbot, RN), (Cdr. C.B. Allen, RN) and (Lt.Cdr. H. Hill, RNR) sank the in the North Atlantic east of the Azores, in position 36º45'N, 22º50'W. On 29 August 1942, ''Erne'', still under the command of Lt Cdr Abbot, scuttled the Dutch merchant ''Zuiderkerk'' with depth charges. The had torpedoed ''Zuiderkerk'' west-north-west of Lisbon, Portugal in position 40º20'N, 16º02'W. A torpedo had caused extensive flooding of the forward holds, which forced the 56 crew members and twelve passengers to abandon ship in the early morning. picked up the survivors. In December 1943 Lt.Cdr. Walter Raleigh Hickey, RNR assumed command, holding it until 18 June 1945. His replacement was Lt.Cdr. James Arbouin Burnett, RN, who held command until 15 June 1946. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Erne (U03)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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