HMS Erne (U03)

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HMS Erne (U03) was a Black Swan-class sloop laid down by Furness Shipbuilding at Barrow-in-Furness on May 26, 1938, launched on April 18, 1939 and commissioned on November 3, 1939.

She takes her name like others in her class from birds, in this case a sea eagle, the Erne.

Erne was reduced to a drill ship on June 4, 1952 and renamed Wessex. She arrived at Antwerp on October 27, 1965 where she was broken up.

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