Name HMS Eridge Commissioned 28 February 1941 Launched 20 August 1940 Draft 2.51 m | Laid down 21 November 1939 Fate Sold for scrap, 1946 Construction started 21 November 1939 Length 85 m Beam 9.6 m | |
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Reclassified Base ship on 29 August 1942 |
HMS Eridge was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1940 and served during the Second World War.
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On 29 May 1942, Eridge assisted the destroyers Hero and Hurworth in sinking the German submarine U-568. At 04:15 on 29 August 1942, she began shelling Axis positions off El Daba, Egypt, at 31°7′N 28°26′E, together with the destroyers Croome and Hursley. At 05:00, she was permanently disabled by a 450mm torpedo fired by the Italian motor torpedo boat MTSM-228. The attack caused five fatalities on board Eridge.
She was towed to Alexandria by the destroyer Aldenham, where the destroyer was used as a base ship for the rest of the war and sold for scrapping in October 1946.
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