| Name: | LOIRE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 06/10/1899 |
| Completed: | 12/1899 |
| Builder: | Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 60 |
| Dimensions: | 1491grt, 888nrt, 249.7 x 35.2 x 15.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (19.5, 32.5 & 54 x 36ins), 175nhp |
| Engines by: | Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 12/1899 | Det Forenede Dampskibs Selsk, Copenhagen |
| 1903 | Cie Française de Bateaux à Vapeur 'France-Baltique', Dunkerque |
| 07/1916 | Government of France |
| 02/09/1917 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 07/1916: Requisitioned by the Government of France |
| 02/09/1917: Wrecked on Bolshoi Litskiy Island near Cape Litskii in the | |
| Barents Sea at 68.41N - 37.44E, possibly after a torpedo attack by a U-Boat |
The Marine Engineer 01/11/1899