- HMS Erne (U03)
HMS "Erne" (U03) was a "Black Swan"-class sloop laid down by
Furness Shipbuilding atBarrow-in-Furness onMay 26 ,1938 , launched onApril 18 ,1939 and commissioned onNovember 3 ,1939 .She takes her name like others in her class from birds, in this case a
White-tailed Eagle , also known as the Erne."Erne" was reduced to a drill ship on
June 4 ,1952 and renamed "Wessex". She arrived atAntwerp onOctober 27 ,1965 where she was broken up.
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