Sail Number: E 8
Vessel Type: International 12 Metre (1st Rule)
ex; Vogue (1919); Marjorie (1915?)
LOA: 62’0″ / 18.90m – LWL: 39’2″ / 11.94m – Beam: 11’3″ / 3.43m – Draft: 7’0” / 2.13m – Hull Number: 594 – Designer: William Fife III – Original Owner: Nils Persson – Year Built: 1911 (June) – Built By: Stockholms Batbygyeri Aktiebolag (Plym) – Hull Material: Wood on Steel Frames – Gross Displacement: 28 tons – Sail Area: 166 sq.m. (1948)
Historical:
In 1911 William Fife III designed and Neglingevarvet in Stockholm, Sweden built “12mR Erna Signe” for Nils Person, Sweden (he named the boat after his two daughters) for the Olympic Games in Stockholm 1912. She was designed and built by the 1. International Rule.
Provenance. (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):
- Owner: (1911-1915) – Nils Persson – name: Erna Signe – home port: Stockholm (Sweden). She was built to represent Sweden in the 1912 Stockolm Olympic Games where she took the silver medal with Magda IX winning the gold one, Erna Signe crew formed by: Per Bergman, Dick Bergstrom, Kurt Bergstrom, Hugo Clason, Folke Johnson, Sigurd Kander, Nils Lamby, Erik Lindqvist, Nils Persson and Richard Sallstrom. After she got her revenge winning Kiel Woche that year against Magda IX. She entered in the 1914 Europe Week in Oslo with the other Twelves: Symra (winner) Sybillan and Ierne.
- Owner: (1916-1918) – (name Marjorie ?)
- Owner: (1919-1920) – Dr. G. Jebsen – new name: Vogue – home port: Christiania, Oslo (Norway).
- Owner: (1920-1921) – Sam Bull – new name: Erna Signe.
- Owner: (1921-1953) – Ole Schroder, of the famous Norwegian shipping family. She entered in the 1933 Hanko KSN Jubileumsregatta where she won the first race. Gustav Eslander designs are available with alteration of the original interior and deck layout.
- Owner: (1954-1990) – Disappears from the Lloyd’s Register. 1990 – 1994 Bjarne Christensen. He left her to deteriorate with the original interior ripped out.
- Owner: (1996-1998) – Fritz Haaning.
- Owner: (1998-2003) – Ole Chr. Schroder – home port: Oslo (Norway) – name: Erna Signe The son of the original Schroder owner was maid aware that Erna Signe was for sale and bought her back to the family. She was in dilapidated state. An extended refit was done and ended in 2000 by the Walstead yard; the quality was the best, the style has been respected but not kept to the original design: the rig was changed to Bermudan, the deck was new and rested on the old, there was an extensive use of self tailing steel winches, the interior was completely reshaped.
- Owner: (2003-2008) – Bernt Rognlien Schroder – home port: Oslo (Norway).
- Owner: (2009) – Einar Sissener – name: Erna Signe – home port: Sandefjord (Norway).