| Name: | ESSEX BARON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 19/09/1914 |
| Completed: | 10/1914 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 192 |
| Dimensions: | 4307grt, 2749nrt, 385.2 x 51.0 x 24.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (26, 43 & 71 x 48ins), 420nhp |
| Engines by: | G Clark Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 136717 |
| History: | |
| 23/10/1914 | Essex Baron Steamship Co Ltd (Meldrum & Swinson), London |
| 1917 | Ognam Shipping Co Ltd (JA Mango), London; renamed EPTAPYRGION |
| 23/04/1917 | Sank |
| Comments: | 23/04/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U53, 230 miles W of Brest |
| On a voyage from Montevideo to Falmouth with a cargo of oats & meat |
Shields Daily News, Monday, 21/09/1914