| Name: | SORATA | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 05/02/1897 | 
| Completed: | 04/1897 | 
| Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd | 
| Yard: | Wallsend | 
| Yard Number: | 222 | 
| Dimensions: | 4851grt, 2943nrt, 390.0 x 47.3 x 30ft | 
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 66 x 51ins), 311nhp | 
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots | 
| Construction: | Steel | 
| Reg Number: | 106849 | 
| History: | |
| 04/1897 | Pacific Steam Navigation Co, Liverpool | 
| 1922 | Schröder, Hölken & Fischer, Hamburg; renamed OTTO FISCHER | 
| 20/02/1923 | Sank | 
| Comments: | 20/02/1923: Foundered about 9 miles off Cape Vilano after losing her rudder | 
| On a voyage from Hamburg to Buenos Aires with steel and general cargo | 

Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 06/02/1897