HMS Eridge (L68)

HMS Eridge was a Hunt class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1940 and served during the Second World War. On 29 May 1942, Eridge assisted HMS Hero and HMS Hurworth in sinking the German submarine 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 HMS Croome and HMS Hursley. 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 HMS Aldenham, where the destroyer was used as a base ship for the rest of the war and sold for scrapping in October 1946.