| Name: | LORCA | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 22/09/1930 | 
| Completed: | 12/01/1931 | 
| Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd | 
| Yard: | South Shields | 
| Yard Number: | 504 | 
| Dimensions: | 4875grt, 3007nrt, 393.4 x 53.8 x 26.6ft | 
| Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 69 x 48ins), 427nhp | 
| Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots | 
| Construction: | Steel | 
| Reg Number: | 162525 | 
| History: | |
| 12/01/1931 | Cory & Strick (Steamers) Ltd (FC Strick & Co), London | 
| 1943 | United British Shipping (Haldin & Phillipps) | 
| 1943 | Maritime Shipping & Trading (Michalinos & Co), London | 
| 1946 | Renamed LORADORE | 
| 13/08/1955 | Wrecked | 
| Comments: | 13/08/1955: Wrecked on Bird Rocks, Magdalen Island, Gulf of St Lawrence | 
| On a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Montreal with a cargo of coal | 

Above photo as LORCA courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as LORCA courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo as LORADORE courtesy of George Robinson