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Cuyamel Fruit Co. and Bluefields Fruit Co.

The Cuyamel Fruit Co. was founded in 1904 and commenced shipowning in 1915. They traded mostly to Honduras, Nicaragua and Mexico. In 1921 the fleet of the Bluefields Fruit & SS Co. was acquired and in Dec.1929 Cuyamel Fruit merged with United Fruit Co.

Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data. The following list was extracted from various sources. This is not an all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. If you would like to know more about a vessel, visit the Ship Descriptions (onsite) or Immigrant Ship web site.

Fleet:

Vessel	Built	Years in Service	Tons
Augusta	1900	1920 transferred from West India Sugar Corp., 1922 sold to Coastal SS Corp., New York.	2,372
Aztec	1929	1929 transferred to United Fruit Co.	5,527
Baja California	1914	1921 purchased from Norway, 1929 transferred to United Fruit Co.	1,648
Bluefields	1905	Norwegian, chartered to Bluefields Fruit Co., then to United Fruit Co., 1916 out of banana trade.	1,002
Choluteca	1921	1929 transferred to United Fruit Co.	2,493
Comoyagua	1921	1929 transferred to United Fruit Co.	2,493
Copan	1881	ex- Alleghany, 1915 purchased by Cuyamel Fruit renamed Copan, 1929 transferred to United Fruit Co.	1,704
Cuyamapa		see Sagua.	.
George W. Kelly	n/a	building date unknown, Norwegian, chartered to Bluefields Fruit Co, 1900 disappeared at sea in hurricane.	1,500
Hibueras	1920	1929 transferred to United Fruit Co.	1,445
Jamaica	1905	ex- Staatssekretar Krateke (Hamburg America Line), 1917 seized by USA renamed Verdun, then Tacony, 1920 sold to Bluefields Fruit Co. renamed Jamaica, 1922 to Cuyamel Fruit Co., 1924 burned out in Mississippi River.	1,962
Knud Rassmussen		see Toltec.	.
Lempira		see Tanamo.	.
Managua	1906	ex- Lisboa, 1920 purchased by Bluefields Fruit Co. renamed Managua, 1922 to Cuyamel Fruit Co., 1929 transferred to United Fruit Co.	1,561
Maya	1929	1929 transferred to United Fruit Co.	5,383
Nicarao	1920	1929 transferred to United Fruit Co.	1,445
Olancho	1921	1929 transferred to United Fruit Co.	2,493
Omoa	1871	ex- Rosina, 1915 purchased from Standard Fruit Co. renamed Omoa, 1926 scrapped.	1,697
Quimistan	1871	ex- Joseph Vaccaro, 1915 purchased from Standard Fruit Co. renamed Quimistan, 1929 burned and sank in Atlantic.	1,661
Rama	1905	1922 purchased from Rama SS Co., 1929 transferred to United Fruit Co.	1,577
Sagua	1914	1923 purchased from Atlantic Fruit Co., later renamed Cuyamapa, 1929 transferred to United Fruit Co.	3,298
San Juan	1906	ex- City of Milford, 1916 purchased by Bluefields Fruit Co., 1922 removed from shipping registers.	264
San Juan II	1923	tug, no further info.	200
Sinaloa	1915	1921 purchased from Norway, 1929 transferred to United Fruit Co.	1,648
Tanamo	1914	1923 purchased from Atlantic Fruit Co., later renamed Lempira, 1929 transferred to United Fruit Co., 1934 reverted to Tanamo.	3,298
Toltec	1929	1929 transferred to United Fruit Co.	5,527

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