| Name: | HYDRA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 19/07/1899 |
| Completed: | 08/1899 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 84 |
| Dimensions: | 1332grt, 829nrt, 237.1 x 35.1 x 18.0ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 138nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 08/1899 | D/S A/S Hydra (Bruusgaard, Kiøsterud & Co), Drammen |
| 1909 | Bruusgaard, Kiøsteruds D/S A/S, Drammen |
| 1911 | R Matsumoto, Kobe; renamed HIRATO MARU |
| 1920 | Noguchi Kisen KK, Setoda |
| 1922 | Name shown as HIRADO MARU |
| 09/03/1927 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 09/03/1927: Wrecked off Shironuka, Kushiro |
| On a voyage from Biro to Kushiro with a cargo of timber |
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 20/07/1899