| Name: | ORIEL |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 02/02/1897 |
| Completed: | 03/1897 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 720 |
| Dimensions: | 3430grt, 2175nrt, 350.0 x 45.1 x 25.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 45ins), 307nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 106846 |
| History: | |
| 03/1897 | Oriel Steamship Co Ltd (Gracie, Beazley & Co & J Edgar & Co), Liverpool |
| 1900 | WE Whineray (Union SS Co Ltd), Liverpool |
| 1902 | Oriel Steamship Co Ltd (Frederic Zerega & Co), Liverpool |
| 1910 | Fratelli Bianchi di S, Genoa; renamed NINA |
| 22/10/1916 | Sank |
| Comments: | 22/10/1916: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat U39, 10 miles west of Cape Tenes |
| On a voyage outwards from New York |
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 03/02/1897