HMS Erne

Template:Use dmy dates 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 Template:HMS, launched in 1813 and wrecked in 1819 on the Isle of Sal, Cape Verde.<ref>Gossett (1986), p.99.</ref>
• The Albacore-class gunboat Template:HMS launched in 1856 and broken up in 1874.
• The torpedo boat destroyer Template:HMS launched in 1903 and wrecked in 1915 at Rattray Head.
• The sloop Template:HMS launched in 1939, renamed Wessex in 1952, and broken up in 1965.

References

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| first1 = J. J. 
| author-link1= J. J. Colledge
| last2 = Warlow
| first2 = Ben
| date = 2006
| orig-date = 1969
| title = Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present
| edition = Rev.
| location = London
| publisher = Chatham Publishing
| isbn = 978-1-86176-281-8
| OCLC = 67375475

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• Gossett, William Patrick (1986) The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. (London:Mansell). Template:ISBN