| Name: | VERIA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/11/1898 |
| Completed: | 03/1899 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 686 |
| Dimensions: | 3229grt, 2064nrt, 330.6 x 45.2 x 24.7ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 66 x 45ins), 361nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 110564 |
| History: | |
| 30/03/1899 | Cunard Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 07/12/1915 | Sank |
| Comments: | Fitted out for carrying some passengers, especially emigrants |
| 07/12/1915: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat U39, 24 miles NWxW of Alexandria | |
| On a voyage from Patras to Alexandria in ballast |
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Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 16/11/1898