HMS ''Eridge'' was a
destroyer of the
Royal Navy
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. She was launched in 1940 and served during the
Second World War
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.
Service history
On 29 August 1942, ''Eridge'' assisted the destroyers and in sinking the German submarine . At 04:15 on 29 August 1942, she began shelling Axis positions off
El Daba
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,
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, at , together with the destroyers and . At 05:00, she was permanently disabled by a 450mm torpedo fired by the
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motor torpedo boat ''MTSM-228''. The attack caused five fatalities on board ''Eridge''.
She was towed to
Alexandria
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by the destroyer ,
where the destroyer was used as a base ship for the rest of the war and sold for scrapping in October 1946.
References
Publications
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* English, John (1987). The Hunts: a history of the design, development and careers of the 86 destroyers of this class built for the Royal and Allied Navies during World War II. England: World Ship Society. .
Further reading
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External links
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HMS ''Eridge'' (L 68)- Daily Telegraph obituary
Hunt-class destroyers of the Royal Navy
Ships built by Swan Hunter
Ships built on the River Tyne
1940 ships
World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom
Maritime incidents in August 1942
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