| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 578 |
| Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 8 May 1917 |
| Commissioned | Feb 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed on 8 August 1917. Renamed Polesie in 1943 ???. |
Commands listed for HMS Erith (FY 578)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Skr. John Henry Wardell, RNR | 12 Aug 1940 | 16 Sep 1940 |
| 2 | T/Skr. Harry James May, RNR | 16 Sep 1940 | 1 Nov 1942 |
| 3 | T/Skr. Colin Chandler, RNR | 1 Nov 1942 | 12 Aug 1943 |
| 4 | T/Skr. Harold Maunder, RNR | 12 Aug 1943 | 31 Jul 1944 |
| 5 | T/Skr. Frank Louis Hadfield, RNR | 31 Jul 1944 | late 1945 |
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