HMS Erne (U03)
HMS Erne in March 1943 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Erne |
| Builder | Furness Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 21 September 1939 |
| Launched | 5 August 1940 |
| Commissioned | 3 April 1941 |
| Identification | Pennant number U03 |
| Motto | Surtout: 'Above all' |
| Honours & awards |
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| Fate | Scrapped 27 October 1965 |
| Badge | On a field blue, an Erne rising white |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Black Swan-class sloop |
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HMS Erne, pennant number U03, was a Black Swan-class sloop in the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Furness Shipbuilding at Haverton Hill-on-Tees, Co. Durham on 21 September 1939, launched on 5 August 1940 and commissioned on 3 April 1941. She was adopted by the district of Bootle, then in Lancashire, as part of Warship Week in 1942.
She took her name like others in her class from birds, in this case a white-tailed eagle, also known as the erne.