HMS Erebus(I02)

The monitor HMS Erebus (I02) seen from HMS Rodney

                                                                                      Creator: Coote, R G G (Lt) Source: © IWM (A 197)
The Erebus class of warships was a class of 20th century Royal Navy monitors armed with a main battery of two 15-inch /42 Mk 1 guns in a single turret.

It consisted of two vessels, Erebus and Terror. Both were launched in 1916 and saw active service in World War I off the Belgian coast.

being placed in reserve between the wars, they served in World War II, with Terror being lost in 1941 and Erebus surviving to be scrapped in 1946.