D/S Erich Lea

Other names
ex Bora,ex Margit,ex Elsiston
Call sign
MLQP
Shipping company
Nationality
Norway flaggNorway
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1904
Yard number
303
Month of delivery
februar

Other

  • Participant in WW1
  • Was sunk:

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
1.630
Net tonnage:
999

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
NHK 172

Dimensions

Length:
260.2'
Beam:
37.2'
Draft:
18.1'
  • HISTORIKK:
    v/H.Larsson-Fedde.

    2/1904: W.S.Miller & Co., Glasgow, U.K. - ELSISTON
    4/1913: SigurdHedberg, Malmø, Sverige - MARGIT
    6/1915: Otto W. Bergman, Bergen - MARGIT
    6/1915: Rederi A/S Damp (Arth.H.Mathiesen) Kristiania - BORA
    7/1916: Torgersen & Paulsen, Haugesund, Bergen - BORA
    7/1916: Skibs A/S Erich Lea (Erik Grant Lea) Bergen - BORA
    12/1916: A/S D/S Erich Lea (Bjørnstad & Brækhus) Bergen - ERICH LEA
    5/1917: Bergen Lloyd A/R (Bjørnstad & Brækhus) Bergen - ERICH LEA
    10.5.1918: Torpedert og senket av tysk ubåt UB 107 ( Kapitänleutnant Hans Howaldt ) utenfor High Withby på reise Tyne til Rouen med kull.

    Se også:
    https://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/1989.html