| Name: | POLA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 21/07/1898 |
| Completed: | 09/1898 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 333 |
| Dimensions: | 3053grt, 1968nrt, 323.0 x 47.0 x 22.7ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 45ins), 288nhp |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 109967 |
| History: | |
| 09/1898 | English & American Shipping Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), London |
| 18/03/1917 | Sank |
| Comments: | 18/03/1917: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat U81 when 280 miles |
| WNW of Ouessant on a voyage from Cardiff with coal. |
Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox