| Name: | DEUX CHARENTES |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 18/04/1901 |
| Completed: | 05/1901 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 99 |
| Dimensions: | 1555grt, 880nrt, 250.0 x 37.2 x 16.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (20.25, 33.25 & 54 x 36ins), 180nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | |
| History: | |
| 05/1901 | A d'Orbigny, Faustin & Cie, La Rochelle |
| 1909 | Cie de Nav d'Orbigny, La Rochelle |
| 1912 | Bloms Rederi A/B, Norrkoping; renamed MARGIT |
| 1921 | Aug Bolten, Wm Miller's Nfl, Hamburg; renamed BOLBEK |
| 1924 | Rederi A/B Barbro, Stockholm; renamed MARGIT |
| 1924 | Limhamns Rederi A/B, Limhamn; renamed ERNST |
| 1935 | L-u "Eeroo", Tallin, Estonia; renamed HERMES |
| 1940 | Rederi A/B Hermes, Stockholm; renamed HEROS |
| 1942 | I Fagreus et al, Stockholm |
| 24/01/1953 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 24/01/1953: Broken up by T Young & Sons Ltd at Sunderland |
Above photo as DEUX CHARENTES is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as DEUX CHARENTES is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo as MARGIT is copyright of Robert Bomans Collection
Above photo as MARGIT is copyright of Robert Bomans Collection
Above photo as ERNST is copyright of Robert Bomans Collection
Above photo as HERMES is copyright of Robert Bomans Collection
Above photo as HEROS is copyright of Robert Bomans Collection
Above photo as HEROS is copyright of The Peabody Museum of Salem
Above photo HEROS at Holbaek. Photo is courtesy of George Robinson