| Name: | ERA |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 22/01/1887 |
| Completed: | 03/1887 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 575 |
| Dimensions: | 1851grt, 1195nrt, 271.0 x 37.2 x 22.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (21, 34 & 57 x 39ins), 203nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.8knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 91993 |
| History: | |
| 21/03/1887 | Era Steam Ship Co Ltd, London |
| 1891 | Soc Anon pour l'Importation des Huiles de Graissage, Antwerp |
| 1891 | Renamed APSCHERON |
| 1894 | Soc Anon du Steamer Apscheron (Ch Good), Antwerp |
| 1900 | Soc Anon d'Armement, d'Industrie et de Commerce, Antwerp |
| 08/10/1915 | Sank |
| Comments: | 08/10/1915: Sank after being captured and scuttled by U-Boat UB14 when |
| 24 miles south of Cape Chersones in the Black Sea while serving | |
| as a Russian naval transport |
Above photo as APSCHERON is copyright of Leo Van Ginderen
The Marine Engineer, 01/04/1887