A number of steamships have carried the name ''Dora'', including: * , launched in 1880 for use in the coastal trade between California and Alaska * ''Dora'', original name of , launched in 1889 for use by the London and South Western Railway * ''Dora'' (sternwheeler), a 1910 steamboat in Oregon * SS ''Dora'', subsequently renamed , a Design 1022 ship launched in 1919 as SS ''Inspector'' and converted into a tanker * SS ''Dora'', initially launched in 1898 as SS Vega, was used by

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in 1939

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