| Name: | ERLE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 23/01/1920 |
| Completed: | 05/1920 |
| Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Howdon |
| Yard Number: | 279 |
| Dimensions: | 5645grt, 3524nrt, 399.6 x 53.0 x 32.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Hebburn |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1940: 171312) |
| History: | |
| 05/1920 | Arentz Rederi A/S (C Arentz), Christiania |
| 1922 | Forenede Rederier A/S (Gørrissen & Co A/S), Christiania |
| 1924 | A/S Erle (Fearnley & Eger), Oslo |
| 1927 | Jugoslavensko Amerikaniska Plovidba ad, Split; renamed ZRINSKI |
| 1928 | Jugoslavenski Lloyd dd, Split |
| 1940 | Crest Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed ASHCREST |
| 08/12/1940 | Sank |
| Comments: | Laid down as WAR CHATEAU for The Shipping Controller |
| 08/12/1940: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat U150 after reporting in | |
| distress in 55.12N - 10.02W on a voyage from Philadelphia to Middlesbrough with steel. |