| Name: | ORION |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 25/08/1873 |
| Completed: | 1873 |
| Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 152 |
| Dimensions: | 2297grt, 1610nrt, 342.3 x 34.9 x 20.2ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 70 x 48ins), 280nhp; (1895: C2cyl (23 & 61 x 48ins), 214nhp) |
| Engines by: | Maudsley, Sons & Field, London; |
| (1895: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend) | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 69305 |
| History: | |
| 1873 | Star Navigation Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1887 | Marques de Campo, Cadiz; renamed NICARAGUA |
| 1888 | Christopher Furness, West Hartlepool; renamed ORION |
| 1889 | G Cresta, Genoa; renamed BRAZIL |
| 1891 | Renamed COLOMBO |
| 1901 | Ligure-Brasiliana Soc Anon di Nav, Palermo |
| 1907 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1907: Broken up |