| Name: | LOKOJA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 31/12/1897 |
| Completed: | 04/1898 |
| Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 225 |
| Dimensions: | 3458grt, 2219nrt, 330.0 x 45.3 x 26.4ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 293nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 109413 |
| History: | |
| 04/1898 | Elder Dempster & Co, Liverpool |
| 1899 | Cie des Vapeurs de Charge Français, Marseille; renamed VESPER |
| 02/11/1903 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 1900: Used as a French troopship during the "Boxer Rebellion" in China |
| 02/11/1903: Wrecked at Point Pern, Ouessant | |
| On a voyage from Oran to Rouen carrying general cargo |
Above image of VESPER at Oran is courtesy of Photoship
Newcastle Journal, Monday, 02/05/1898
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 05/11/1903