| Name: | LORIENT |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 1921 |
| Completed: | 09/1921 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 222 |
| Dimensions: | 4185grt, 2546nrt, 364.1 x 52.8 x 24.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 38 & 64 x 42ins), 347nhp |
| Engines by: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1941: 174320) |
| History: | |
| 09/1921 | Cie Française des Chemins de Fer de Paris-Orléans, Nantes |
| 1920 | Managers became Soc Maritime Auxiliaire de Transports |
| 1929 | Cie Delmas Frères & Vieljeux, La Rochelle |
| 1936 | Cie Delmas - Vieljeux, La Rochelle |
| 12/03/1941 | Ministry of War Transport (British Continental Coal & Investments Ltd), Cardiff |
| 04/05/1943 | Sank |
| Comments: | 18/02/1941: Captured by HMS MARSDALE off Cape Juby and seized by UK |
| 04/05/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U125, 580 miles NE of St John's Nfld | |
| On a voyage from London via Oban to New York in ballast. Lost with all hands |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 30/08/1921