| Name: | PINNA | 
| Type: | Tanker | 
| Launched: | 08/12/1900 | 
| Completed: | 01/03/1901 | 
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd | 
| Yard: | Low Walker | 
| Yard Number: | 705 | 
| Dimensions: | 6205grt, 3659nrt, 436.9 x 52.0 x 32.3ft | 
| Engines: | T3cyl (27.5, 46 & 77 x 48ins), 511nhp | 
| Engines by: | North Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots | 
| Construction: | Steel | 
| Reg Number: | 112811 | 
| History: | |
| 14/02/1901 | Shell Transport & Trading Co Ltd, London | 
| 1907 | Petroleum Steamship Co Ltd, London | 
| 1917 | Renamed BRITISH EARL | 
| 1921 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London | 
| 1929 | Tankschiff Reederei Julius Schindler, Hamburg; renamed TANKSCHINDLER | 
| 1931 | Cia Italiana Marittima, Venice; renamed TROTTIERA | 
| 1942 | Government of the United States, Panama City; renamed ORISSA | 
| 1944 | US Navy; renamed MALVERN | 
| 1945 | US Maritime Commission, Panama City; renamed ORISSA | 
| 03/1948 | Broken up | 
| Comments: | 31/03/1941:Scuttled at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela | 
| Subsequently raised by the US Government | |
| Armed with 1 x 4.0ins, 1 x 3.0ins & 8 x 1 x 20mm AA guns | |
| 03/1948: Broken up at Shanghai by Asia Development Corp | 

Above photo as PINNA courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as BRITISH EARL courtesy of John Crossland

Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 20/02/1901