Dorothea Weber

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Hamburg (1935-45) * London (1945-53) * Hull (1953-59) | Ship identification =*Code Letters DNMO (1935-45) * *Code Letters GLKY (1945-59) * *United Kingdom Official Number 180671 (1945-59) | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = 28 July 1953 | Ship renamed = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = Capsized and sank | Ship notes = }}

* | Ship length = | Ship beam = | Ship draught = | Ship depth = | Ship hold depth = | Ship propulsion =*Sails (1922-35) *Sails + 4SCSA diesel engine (1935-51) *Sails + engine (1951-59) | Ship sail plan =*Barge (1922- ) *Schooner (1935-59) | Ship complement = | Ship armament = | Ship notes = }} |}

''Dorothea Weber'' was a three-masted Schooner that was built in 1922 as the barge ''Lucy'' by J Oelkers, Hamburg. She was later renamed ''Midgard I'', ''Midgard IV'' and then ''Elisabeth'' before a sale in 1935 saw her fitted with a diesel engine and renamed ''Dorothea Weber''. She was seized by the Allies in May 1945 at Guernsey, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed ''Empire Cononley''.

In 1947, she was sold into merchant service and renamed ''Coverack''. A further sale in 1953 saw her renamed ''River Witham''. She served until 1959 when she ran aground off Lowestoft. Although she was refloated, she capsized and sank off the Inner Dowsing Light Vessel. Provided by Wikipedia