| Name: | MERTHYR |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 30/09/1882 |
| Completed: | 11/1882 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 485 |
| Dimensions: | 1354grt, 836nrt, 240.4 x 33.3 x 16.8ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (28 & 57 x 39ins), 99nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 86489 |
| History: | |
| 10/11/1882 | Merthyr SS Co Ltd (Morel Brothers & Co), Cardiff |
| 1895 | Managers became Morel Ltd |
| 1907 | EB Aaby, Drammen; renamed ORION |
| 1914 | A/S D/S Orion (S Bartz-Johannessen), Bergen |
| 1916 | A/S Inger (Jacob Kjode A/S), Bergen |
| 01/03/1917 | Sank |
| Comments: | 01/03/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC41, 120 miles NE of the Tyne |
| On a voyage from Narvik to the Tees with a cargo of iron ore |
Shields Daily News, Monday, 02/10/1882