Erna Signe
{{Short description|Yacht}}
{{Infobox Sailing yacht
| title = Erna Signe
| image = 1912 Erna Signe.JPG
| caption = Erna Signe in 1912.
| club =
| nat = {{flagcountry|Sweden}}
| type =
| class = 12-metre
| designer = William Fife III
| builder = August Plym, Neglingevarvet
Stockholm, Sweden
| launched = June 1911
| owner =
| skip = Nils Persson
| og_year = 1912
| wins =
| sailno = E8
| fate =
| displacement ={{convert|28,000|kg|abbr=on}}
| length = {{convert|18.9|m|abbr=on}} (LOA)
{{convert|11.94|m|abbr=on}} (LWL)
| beam = {{convert|3.43|m|abbr=on}}
| draft = {{convert|2.50|m|abbr=on}}
| sail = {{convert|250|m2|abbr=on}}
| notes =
}}
Erna Signe is a 1911 Swedish 12 metre class yacht. It was by designed by William Fife III and built by August Plym at Neglingevarvet.{{cite web|url=http://www.12mr.de/Twelves/|title=12mR Yacht Trivia|work=12mr.de}}
Career
Erna Signe was launched in June 1911.{{cite book |last1=Lang |first1=Luigi |last2=Jones |first2=Dyer |title=The 12 Metre Class: The History of The International 12 Metre Class From the First International to the America's Cup |year=2001 |publisher=Adlard Coles Nautical |location=London |isbn=0-7136-6179-8}} Erna Signe competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, helmed by Nils Persson with the crew Per Bergman, Dick Bergström, Kurt Bergström, Hugo Clason, Folke Johnson, Sigurd Kander, Nils Lamby, Erik Lindqvist, and Richard Sällström, finishing second behind Johan Anker's Magda IX.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/SAI/mixed-12-metres.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034556/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/SAI/mixed-12-metres.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Sailing at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games:|work=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
In 1913, Axel Nygren re-designed the rig.{{cite web|url=http://www.sjohistoriska.se/sv/Fordjupning/MarketStore/Foto/?msobjid=5526&Origin=SM|title=Foto: ERNA SIGNE Fo134051|work=sjohistoriska.se}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Swedish 12-metre class yachts}}
Category:12-metre class yachts
Category:Sailing yachts built in Sweden
Category:Ships built in Stockholm
Category:Sailing yachts designed by William Fife