HMS Erebus (I02)
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HMS Erebus (I02) was a World War I monitor launched on 1916-06-19. She and her sister Terror are known as the Erebus class. They took their names from ships sent in exploration of the Northwest passage.
As monitors they were built for stable gun firing not as good ocean going vessels.
Erebus was equipped with two 15 inch (381 mm) guns in a single turret in the front of the ship and eight 4 inch (102 mm) guns including two anti-aircraft guns.
Erebus was used for coastal bombardment during the Normandy Landings on June 6, 1944. She was scrapped in July 1946.