| Name: | LAERTES |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 22/11/1904 |
| Completed: | 12/1904 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 399 |
| Dimensions: | 4541grt, 2904nrt, 382.7 x 47.2 x 28.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 41 & 69 x 54ins), 350nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 120831 |
| History: | |
| 12/1904 | Ocean Steam Ship Co Ltd (A Holt & Co), Liverpool |
| 01/08/1917 | Sank |
| Comments: | 01/08/1917: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat UB31 when 1.25 miles |
| SSW of Prawle Point on a voyage from Southampton to Montreal in ballast. |