Sheffield Wednesday Built 1933 Smiths Dock Co Ltd South Bank Middlesbrough for Consolidated Fisheries Ltd Grimsby
16/06/1937 Left Grimsby this morning bound for her new owners in Ymuiden Holland re-named Erin
05/1940 Requisitioned as an anti-submarine vessel to the 3rd Auxiliary A/S Group
18/01/1942 The Erin whilst lying in Gibraltar Bay was hit by explosion at 18.00 A fire broke out and she sank soon afterwards
Her Details are
- Official Number 162876
- Yard Number 956
- Call Sign GWLX
- GT 394 NT 150
- Dimensions 155 x 26.4 x 12.2
- Quarter deck 84 Foc’sle 25
- Engines Smiths Dock Co.Ltd cylinders 13½ 22½ and 39 x 26in stroke
Sank after explosion 18/01/1942