World War II
On 30 April 1941, while Erne, (Lt.Cdr. H.M. Darell-Brown, RN) was still at the builders yard (4 days after commissioning), a near miss during a German air attack caused heavy damage. Repairs took until June 1942.
On 31 July 1942, depth charges from the three British sloops Erne, (Lt.Cdr. E.D.J. Abbot, RN), Rochester (Cdr. C.B. Allen, RN) and Sandwich (Lt.Cdr. H. Hill, RNR) sank the German submarine U-213 in the North Atlantic east of the Azores, in position 36º45'N, 22º50'W.
On 29 August 1942, Erne, still under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Abbot, scuttled the Dutch merchant Zuiderkerk with depth charges. The German submarine U-566 had torpedoed the Zuiderkerk west-north-west of Lisbon, Portugal in position 40º20'N, 16º02'W. A torpedo had caused extensive flooding of the forward holds, which forced the 56 crew members and twelve passengers to abandon ship in the early morning. Leith picked up the survivors.
In December 1943 Lt.Cdr. Walter Raleigh Hickey, RNR assumed command, holding it until 18 June 1945. His replacement was Lt.Cdr. James Arbouin Burnett, RN, who held command until 15 June 1946.
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