Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index HMS Erne (U-18) is a Black Swan-class frigate laid down by Furness Shipbuilding at Barrow-in-Furness on May 26, 1938, launched on April 18, 1939 and commissioned on November 3, 1939. The HMS Erne was reduced to a drill ship on June 4, 1952 and renamed Wessex. She arrived at Antwerp on October 27, 1965 where she was broken up. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.