| Name: | ORESTES |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 20/09/1888 |
| Completed: | 11/1888 |
| Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 139 |
| Dimensions: | 1710grt, 1066nrt, 260.0 x 36.3 x 19.3ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (33 & 63 x 39ins), 207nhp |
| Engines by: | Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 96129 |
| History: | |
| 30/11/1888 | Adam Bros & Co, Newcastle |
| 1889 | H Collings & Co, London |
| 1894 | Westcott & Laurance, London |
| 1902 | Orestes Steamship Co Ltd (Westcott & Laurance), London |
| 1907 | Ross, Allan & Johnston, London |
| 1907 | Kingsdyke Steamship Co Ltd (Ross, Allan & Johnston), Glasgow |
| 1907 | Renamed KINGSDYKE |
| 1917 | Lowlands Steam Shipping Co Ltd (J Crass & Co), Glasgow |
| 17/01/1918 | Sank |
| Comments: | 17/01/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-boat UB80, 20 miles NExE of Cape Barfleur |
| On a voyage from Rouen to Cardiff in ballast |
Above photo as ORESTES is courtesy of Janis Blower
Marine Engineer, January 1888