In 1940, Erling Lindøe was on her way from Casablanca to Lysaker in Norway. From England, she accompanied the British convoy ON21 bound for Norway. The convoy left England on March 19, 1940 and consisted of a total of 41 ships.

At dawn on March 20, she was attacked by German aircraft. 6 Heinkels attacked the convoy but were chased away by British aircraft. In the evening of the same day, the German aircraft reappeared and attacked. They managed to drop 20 bombs and three ships in the convoy were damaged, of which Erling Lindøe was one. However, the damage was not so bad that she was able to return to England for minor repairs.

A week later, on March 27, 1940, Erling Lindøe accompanied convoy ON23, which consisted of a total of 23 ships, to Norway. The convoy was escorted by British aircraft and ships and she was traveling at a speed of around 6 knots. On the evening of 28 March, the convoy was attacked by German aircraft but no ships were damaged. On the evening of 29 March, the convoy was attacked again by German aircraft but this time no ships were damaged either.

On 11 August 1944, Erling Lindøe was on her way from Ballangen in Norway to Holtenau in Germany with a cargo of silicon and with 25 men on board, of whom 16 were crew and 9 were German soldiers. In the evening, at 2145, as she was passing just west of Nidingen, she passed a drift mine and shortly afterwards she hit another mine. The mine hit her bow directly and the ship sank very quickly, in about 20 seconds. Most of the people on board were below deck, down in their bunks, when the ship was blown up and 19 of the 25 crewmen perished in the sinking. The survivors, three of the crew and two of the German watch, were on deck when the mine exploded. The survivors drifted around swimming in the water for a couple of hours before they were able to get onto a raft. At six in the morning they were rescued by a passing German steamer that was heading south. On board was a pilot from Vinga and in Varberg they were to change pilots so the survivors followed them into Varberg where they arrived at 0845. The five survivors were taken along and almost without clothes, where they were given a bath, clothes, food and a medical examination in Varberg. Later in the day another one was rescued from Erling Lindöe by a fishing boat from Halmstad. The survivor was a German who had drifted around in the water for ten hours.

Today the wreck lies keeled at rest at 46 m. ​​You can clearly see the traces of the powerful explosion caused by the mine. The bow, where the mine hit, is completely destroyed and the plates are severely distorted. Otherwise the wreck is more or less complete. The jetty offers many places to look in and some valves are still there with the glass intact. The engine room is spacious and you can swim in both through the door and through the skylight. The diving depth up at the skylight is about 36 m and down in the engine about 40. In the stern you can look at the spare steering wheel which is still in place after over 60 years at the bottom.