page_title: SS Ilse L M Russ
hierarchical_section_title: SS Ilse L M Russ
caption_attribution_description: English: General cargo ship ILSE L.-M. RUSS built at Flensburger Schiffsbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg (yard № 403, launched: 26-05-1926, delivered: 09-1926) for Reederei Ernst Russ, Hamburg, later names: 1945 EMPIRE CONQUEROR, 1946 EKORNES, 1947 ELFRIDA, 10-12-1959 foundered North Sea (58.09N/3.03E); collection J. Robert Boman (1926 - 2002) owned by Sjöhistoriska museet.
context_page_description: Ilse L.-M. Russ was a 1,600 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1926 by Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft, Flensburg. She was seized by the Allies in May 1945 at Kiel, passed to the Ministry of War Transport and renamed Empire Conqueror. In 1946, she was allocated to the Norwegian Government and renamed Ekornes. She was sold into merchant service in 1947 and renamed Elfrida. She served until December 1959 when she sprang a leak and sank off the coast of Norway.
context_section_description: Ilse L.-M. Russ was a 1,600 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1926 by Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft, Flensburg. She was seized by the Allies in May 1945 at Kiel, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Conqueror. In 1946, she was allocated to the Norwegian Government and renamed Ekornes. She was sold into merchant service in 1947 and renamed Elfrida. She served until December 1959 when she sprang a leak and sank off the coast of Norway.
caption: Ilse L.-M. Russ
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