| Name: | KOTKA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 24/04/1884 |
| Completed: | 04/1884 |
| Builder: | HS Edwards & Sons |
| Yard: | Howdon |
| Yard Number: | 3 |
| Dimensions: | 1528grt, 893nrt, 260.0 x 36.2 x 18.5ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 60 x 39ins), 178nhp |
| Engines by: | Northern Marine Engineering Co, Gateshead |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 88196 |
| History: | |
| 04/1884 | Walter S Bailey, Hull |
| 1896 | Bailey & Leetham, Hull |
| 1903 | Thomas Wilson, Hull |
| 1917 | Ellerman's Wilson, Hull |
| 1922 | Rederi A/B Estrid (JE Osterlund), Norrkoping; renamed ESTER |
| 1930 | Rederi A/B Vallde (JA Edvall, manager), Oskarshamn; renamed VIKVALL |
| 1936 | Rederi A/B Skansholmen (A Hansson, manager), Vastervik; renamed MARY |
| 1943 | Torsten Carlbom, Stockholm; renamed UTKLIPPAN II |
| 29/12/1949 | Sank |
| Comments: | 29/12/1949: Sank after collision with wreck of HANAU in Kiel Bay |
| On a voyage from Gdynia to Bayonne with a cargo of coal |
Photo as ESTER courtesy of Richard Cox