| Name: | HERMES |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 27/04/1896 |
| Completed: | 05/1896 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 62 |
| Dimensions: | 1358grt, 910nrt, 237.0 x 35.2 x 18.0ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 139nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 05/1896 | D/S A/S Hermes (Bruusgaard, Kiøsterud & Co), Drammen |
| 1905 | Okazaki Tokichi, Kobe; renamed NISSHO MARU |
| 1911 | Okazaki Kisen KK, Kobe |
| 1920 | Naguchi Kisen KK, Setoda |
| 1922 | Oyama Chutaro, Setoda |
| 1923 | Minami Kusutaro, Wakayama |
| 20/06/1925 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 20/06/1925: Wrecked on Pinnacle Island, Korea |
| On a voyage from Dairen to Kobe with a cargo of salt |
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 28/04/1896