| Name: | OREL launched using name EAGLE |
| Type: | Passenger Ship |
| Launched: | 26/09/1889 |
| Completed: | 24/02/1890 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 281 |
| Dimensions: | 4880grt, 2564nrt, 432.0 x 48.0 x 24.1ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (34, 54 & 85 x 51ins), 1089nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws; 19.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 24/02/1890 | Russian Volunteer Fleet Association, Odessa |
| 1905 | Government of Japan; renamed KUSUHO MARU |
| 1905 | Toyo Kisen Kaisha, Tokyo |
| 1916 | Government of Russia |
| Broken up | |
| Comments: | 26/09/1889: English translation as EAGLE used at the launch |
| Accommodation for a small number of 1st Class passengers & 1,500 emigrants or troops | |
| Used as a hospital ship in the Russia - Japanese war | |
| 27/05/1905: Captured by Japanese cruiser SADO MARU near Tsushima | |
| 1916: Japanese court ruled that the capture was a violation of Hague Convention | |
| Not clear whether vessel returned as scrap or another vessel substituted | |
Above photo as OREL in hospital ship livery is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as KUSUHO MARU is courtesy of Photoship
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Tuesday, 25/02/1890