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HMS Erebus was a First World War monitor launched on 19 June 1916 and which served in both world wars.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 62 relations: Admiralty (United Kingdom), Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War, Allied invasion of Sicily, Anti-aircraft warfare, Anti-torpedo bulge, Baltic Sea, Barbette, Barfleur, Battlecruiser, Battleship, Beam (nautical), Belt armor, BL 15-inch Mk I naval gun, BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun, Bomb vessel, Bulkhead (partition), Cape Town, Ceremonial ship launching, Clydebank, Conning tower, Deck (ship), Draft (hull), East Indies Fleet, FL-boat, Forecastle, Fouling, Franklin's lost expedition, Govan, Gun turret, Harland & Wolff, Hull (watercraft), Keel laying, La Pernelle, Le Havre, Machine gun, Magazine (artillery), Mediterranean Fleet, Monitor (warship), Naval gunfire support, Netherlands, Normandy landings, Northwest Passage, Operation Infatuate, Ostend, Propeller, QF 12-pounder 18 cwt naval gun, QF 2-pounder naval gun, QF 4-inch naval gun Mk V, Royal Navy, Sea trial, ... Expand index (12 more) »

  2. Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
  3. Erebus-class monitors
  4. Naval ships of Operation Neptune
  5. World War I monitors of the United Kingdom
  6. World War II monitors of the United Kingdom

Admiralty (United Kingdom)

The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its titular head, the Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State.

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Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War

The Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War consisted of a series of multi-national military expeditions that began in 1918.

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Allied invasion of Sicily

The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which the Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily in July 1943 and took it from the Axis powers (Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany).

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Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" (NATO's definition).

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Anti-torpedo bulge

The anti-torpedo bulge (also known as an anti-torpedo blister) is a form of defence against naval torpedoes occasionally employed in warship construction in the period between the First and Second World Wars.

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Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.

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Barbette

Barbettes are several types of gun emplacement in terrestrial fortifications or on naval ships.

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Barfleur

Barfleur is a commune and fishing village in Manche, Normandy, northwestern France.

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Battlecruiser

The battlecruiser (also written as battle cruiser or battle-cruiser) was a type of capital ship of the first half of the 20th century.

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Battleship

A battleship is a large, heavily armored warship with a main battery consisting of large-caliber guns, designed to serve as capital ships with the most intense firepower.

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Beam (nautical)

The beam of a ship is its width at its widest point.

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Belt armor

Belt armor is a layer of heavy metal armor plated onto or within the outer hulls of warships, typically on battleships, battlecruisers and cruisers, and aircraft carriers.

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BL 15-inch Mk I naval gun

The BL 15-inch Mark I succeeded the BL 13.5-inch Mk V naval gun.

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BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun

The BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun was a breech-loading naval rifle used by the Royal Navy during World War I. It was the largest and heaviest gun ever used by the British.

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Bomb vessel

A bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship.

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Bulkhead (partition)

A bulkhead is an upright wall within the hull of a ship, within the fuselage of an airplane, or a car.

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Cape Town

Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa.

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Ceremonial ship launching

Ceremonial ship launching involves the performance of ceremonies associated with the process of transferring a vessel to the water.

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Clydebank

Clydebank (Bruach Chluaidh) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

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Conning tower

A conning tower is a raised platform on a ship or submarine, often armoured, from which an officer in charge can conn (conduct or control) the vessel, controlling movements of the ship by giving orders to those responsible for the ship's engine, rudder, lines, and ground tackle.

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Deck (ship)

A deck is a permanent covering over a compartment or a hull of a ship.

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Draft (hull)

The draft or draught of a ship is a determined depth of the vessel below the waterline, measured vertically to its hull's lowest—its propellers, or keel, or other reference point.

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East Indies Fleet

The Eastern Fleet, later called the East Indies Fleet, was a fleet of the Royal Navy which existed between 1941 and 1952.

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FL-boat

The FL-boat (Fernlenkboot, literally "remote controlled boat") was a weapon used by the Imperial German Navy during World War I. It was a remote-controlled motorboat, 17 m long, carrying of explosives, which was intended to be steered directly at its targets - initially the Royal Navy monitors operating off the coast of Flanders.

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Forecastle

The forecastle (contracted as fo'c'sle or fo'c's'le) is the upper deck of a sailing ship forward of the foremast, or, historically, the forward part of a ship with the sailors' living quarters.

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Fouling

Fouling is the accumulation of unwanted material on solid surfaces.

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Franklin's lost expedition

Franklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, and, and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic and to record magnetic data to help determine whether a better understanding could aid navigation.

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Govan

Govan (Cumbric: Gwovan; Scots: Gouan; Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn) is a district, parish, and former burgh now part of southwest Glasgow, Scotland.

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Gun turret

A gun turret (or simply turret) is a mounting platform from which weapons can be fired that affords protection, visibility and ability to turn and aim.

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Harland & Wolff

Harland & Wolff is a British shipbuilding and fabrication company headquartered in London with sites in Belfast, Arnish, Appledore and Methil.

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Hull (watercraft)

A hull is the watertight body of a ship, boat, submarine, or flying boat.

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Keel laying

Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction.

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La Pernelle

La Pernelle is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

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Le Havre

Le Havre (Lé Hâvre) is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France.

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Machine gun

A machine gun (MG) is a fully automatic and rifled firearm designed for sustained direct fire with rifle cartridges.

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Magazine (artillery)

A magazine is an item or place within which ammunition or other explosive material is stored.

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Mediterranean Fleet

The British Mediterranean Fleet, also known as the Mediterranean Station, was a formation of the Royal Navy.

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Monitor (warship)

A monitor is a relatively small warship that is neither fast nor strongly armored but carries disproportionately large guns.

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Naval gunfire support (NGFS), also known as naval surface fire support (NSFS), or shore bombardment, is the use of naval artillery to provide fire support for amphibious assault and other troops operating within their range.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Normandy landings

The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.

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Northwest Passage

The Northwest Passage (NWP) is the sea lane between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Arctic Archipelago of Canada.

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Operation Infatuate

Operation Infatuate was the code name given to an Anglo-Canadian operation in November 1944 during the Second World War to open the port of Antwerp to shipping and relieve logistical constraints.

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Ostend

Ostend (Oostende,; Ostende; Ostende; Ostende, literally "East End") is a coastal city and municipality, located in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

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Propeller

A propeller (colloquially often called a screw if on a ship or an airscrew if on an aircraft) is a device with a rotating hub and radiating blades that are set at a pitch to form a helical spiral which, when rotated, exerts linear thrust upon a working fluid such as water or air.

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QF 12-pounder 18 cwt naval gun

The QF 12 pounder 18 cwt gun (Quick-Firing) was a 3-inch high-velocity naval gun used to equip larger British warships such as battleships for defence against torpedo boats.

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QF 2-pounder naval gun

The 2-pounder gun, officially the QF 2-pounder (QF denoting "quick firing") and universally known as the pom-pom, was a British autocannon, used as an anti-aircraft gun by the Royal Navy.

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QF 4-inch naval gun Mk V

The QF 4 inch Mk V gunMk V.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Sea trial

A sea trial is the testing phase of a watercraft (including boats, ships, and submarines).

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Ship commissioning

Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning.

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Shipyard

A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired.

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.

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Sister ship

A sister ship is a ship of the same class or of virtually identical design to another ship.

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Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.

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Tobruk

Tobruk or Tobruck (Ἀντίπυργος, Antipyrgos; Antipyrgus; Tobruch; Ṭubruq; also transliterated as Tobruch and Tubruk) is a port city on Libya's eastern Mediterranean coast, near the border with Egypt.

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Trincomalee

Trincomalee (translit; translit), historically known as Gokanna and Gokarna, is the administrative headquarters of the Trincomalee District and major resort port city of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.

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Trincomalee Harbour

Trincomalee Harbour is a seaport in Trincomalee Bay or Koddiyar Bay, fourth largest natural harbour in the world and situated on the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka.

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Walcheren

Walcheren is a region and former island in the Dutch province of Zeeland at the mouth of the Scheldt estuary.

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White Sea

The White Sea (Beloye more; Karelian and lit; Serako yam) is a southern inlet of the Barents Sea located on the northwest coast of Russia.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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Zeebrugge

Zeebrugge (from Brugge aan zee, meaning "Bruges-on-Sea"; Zeebruges) is a village on the coast of Belgium and a subdivision of Bruges, for which it is the modern port.

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See also

Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War

Erebus-class monitors

Naval ships of Operation Neptune

World War I monitors of the United Kingdom

World War II monitors of the United Kingdom

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Erebus_(I02)

Also known as HMS Erebus (1916).

, Ship commissioning, Shipyard, Sicily, Sister ship, Steam engine, Tobruk, Trincomalee, Trincomalee Harbour, Walcheren, White Sea, World War I, Zeebrugge.