erria

East Asiatic Co. Built 1932, 8,786 gross tons Fractionally too large to fit my scanner so apologies for the loss of her stern!

East Asiatic Company motorship built at Nakskov in 1932 and scrapped in Japan in June 1962.

Danish cargo liner ERRIA, imo 1173049/ 141,12m/ 7.870gt/ twin screw/ 17kn; 01/1932 completed by Nakskov Skibsvaerft, Nakskov, for East Asiatic Company (EAC), Copenhagen, for its Far East and east coast of USA service; 1937 ERRIA, rebuilt; 1940 taken over by MoWT, London; 1945 ERRIA, East Asiatic Co

Danish pass/cargo liner ERRIA, imo 1173049/ 141,12m/ 8.636gt/ twin screw/ 17kn/ 75 pax; 01/1932 completed by Nakskov Skibsvaerft, Nakskov, for East Asiatic Company (EAC), Copenhagen, for its Far East and east coast of USA service; 1937 ERRIA, rebuilt; 1940 taken over by MoWT, London; 1945 ERRIA, Ea

The Danish "Erria", leaving Larne in a Sw'rly gale, Jan 81. She later went ashore off Inishowen Head, after a bit of engine trouble, the crew was rescued ok.

Unloading at Perth in the early nineties.