HMS Eridge was a Hunt-class destroyer destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1940 and served during the Second World War.

Service history

On 29 August 1942, Eridge assisted the destroyers HMS Hero (H99) and HMS Hurworth (L28) in sinking the German submarine GS U-568. At 04:15 on 29 August 1942, she began shelling Axis positions off El Daba, Egypt, at 31.11667°N, 28.43333°W, together with the destroyers HMS Croome (L62) and HMS Hursley (L84). At 05:00, she was permanently disabled by a 450mm torpedo fired by the Italian motor torpedo boat MTSM-228. The attack caused five fatalities on board Eridge. She was towed to Alexandria by the destroyer HMS Aldenham (L22), where Eridge was declared a constructive total loss due to structural damage to the hull and damage beyond repair to the main turbines, condenser, gearing and intermediate shaft. The destroyer was used as a base ship in situ for the rest of the war and sold for scrapping in October 1946.

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