Pacific Steam Navigation Company

Formed in London in 1838, the company commenced operations on the West Coast of South America in 1840. In 1852 they were granted the British Government Mail contract to the area. In 1877 a joint P.S.N.Co-Orient Line service to Australia was started and lasted until 1905 when P.S.N.Co sold their Australian route interests to Royal Mail S.P.Co. In 1910 P.S.N.Co itself, was taken over by Royal Mail S.P.Co but continued to operate as a separate company within the group, although ships were often transferred between the two companies. In 1931 the Royal Mail group collapsed, but P.S.N.Co was allowed to continue operations under the control of it's creditors until it discharged it's financial obligations. In 1938 Royal Mail (now Royal Mail Lines) again took control of P.S.N.Co but again kept the two organisations separate. Furness Withy took over the Royal Mail / PSNC group in 1965 and ships were frequently switched between different companies within the group. By 1984 the name of Pacific Steam Navigation Co disappeared into Furness Withy Shipping.

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 (on-site) or the Immigrant Ship web site.

Routes:

• 1843-1923 Valparaiso - Coastal Ports - Callao
• 1846-1923 Valparaiso - Callao - Guayaquil - Panama
• 1848-1923 Valparaiso - South Chilean Ports (terminal: Puerto Montt)
• 1868-19?? Liverpool - Bordeaux - Lisbon - Cape Verde - Rio de Janeiro - Montevideo - Punta Arenas - Valparaiso (from 1870) - Arica - Mollendo - Callao.
• 1877-1879 Liverpool - Bordeaux - Buenos Aires.
• 1904-1920 Liverpool - La Pallice - Corunna - Vigo - Lisbon - Recife - Salvador - Rio de Janeiro - Montevideo - Buenos Aires - Port Stanley - Punta Arenas - Coronel - Talcahuano - Valparaiso.
• 1914-1945 Cristobal - Panama Canal - Champerico.
• 1920-1930 New York - Panama Canal - Callao - Valparaiso.
• 1920-1931 New York - Guayaquil.
• 1920-1959 Liverpool - Bermuda - Bahamas - Havana - Jamaica - Panama Canal - West Coast of South America ports - Valparaiso.
• 1920-1937 Montevideo - Port Stanley (Falkland Islands)
• 1955-1970 Bermuda - Caribbean ports - Panama.
• 1956-1963 (REINA DEL MAR) Liverpool - La Pallice - Santander - Corunna (1961 Vigo) - Bermuda - Nassau - Havana - Kingston - La Guaira - Curacao - Cartagena - Panama Canal - La Libertad - Callao - Arica - Antofagasta - Valparaiso.
• 1963- Cargo services to Caribbean and South American ports.

Australian routes are shown under Orient Line.

Funnel: 1840-1909 Black 1910-1980 Buff. Fleet:
	1840-1909	1910-1980

All ships up to here were built/purchased for South American West Coast coastal services. Subsequent ships used for transatlantic routes except where stated.

Vessel	Built	Years in Service	Tons
Acajutla	1911	1915 purchased from Salvador Railway Co, London, Central America coastal service, 1946 sold to Greece, renamed Marathon.	1,170
Acongagua	1872	1878-1883 Australia service, 1895 sold to Verdeau et Cie, Bordeaux, renamed Egypte.	4,105
Almagro	1920	1922 purchased from MacAndrews & Co., 1933 sold to Brazil, renamed Tuquy.	1,438
Alvarado	1920	1922 purchased from MacAndrews & Co., 1933 sold to Brazil, renamed Herval.	2,464
Amazonas	1874	1877 purchased from Cia Sud Americana de Vapores, Valparaiso, S.A. coastal service, 1881 resold to Cia S.A de V.	2,019
Andes	1984	1990 still in service under Furness, Withy ownership.	32,150
Antisana	1893	1910 sold to Messageries Maritimes, Marseilles, renamed Basque.	3,584
Arana	1920	1922 purchased from MacAndrews & Co., 1933 sold to Brazil, renamed Chuy.	1,438
Araucania	1869	1897 sold to MacBeth & Gray, Liverpool.	2,877
Arauco	1879	S.A. coastal service, 1899 sold to J.McAuliffe, Valparaiso.	801
Arequipa (1)	1870	S.A. coastal service, 1883 hulked, 1887 sold.	1,065
Arequipa (2)	1889	S.A. coastal service, capsized and sank in gale at Valparaiso; loss of 80+ lives.	2,953
Arica (2)	1881	S.A. coastal service, 1913 probably hulked at Colon. 1921 still listed in Merchant Navy List. 1926 British register closed, sold US.	1,771
Arran		ex-sailing ship, coaling hulk at Diego Garcia.	962
Assistance	1891	tug, 1926 sold to Chile renamed Tautil.	214
Atacama	1870	S.A. coastal service, 1877 wrecked.	1,821
Ayacucho	1873	S.A. coastal service, 1890 hulked.	1,916
Baja	1872	tug at Callao, no further info.	74
Ballena	1919	1933 sold to Panama, renamed Mount Ida.	5,210
Bogota (2)	1906	1916 torpedoed and sunk in Atlantic.	4,603
Bogota (3)	1919	1932 sold to Italy, renamed Madda.	5,167
Bolivia (2)	1874	S.A. coastal service, 1895 hulked.	1,925
Britannia	1873	1895 grounded Rio de Janeiro, salvaged and sold to Camuyrano y Cia, Buenos Aires.	4,129
Calbuco	1913	tug, 1925 sold.	55
California	1902	1917 torpedoed and sunk off Cape Vilano.	5,547
Callao (2)	1885	ex-Gaelic, 1905 purchased from White Star Line, renamed Callao, 1907 scrapped.	4,206
Casma	1878	S.A. coastal service, 1899 sold to J.McAuliffe, Valparaiso.	592
Cauca	1915	S.A.coastal service, 1923 sold to Indo-China, renamed Tonkin.	1,448
Chala	1878	S.A. coastal service, 1897 hulked.	598
Champerico	1911	ex-Andorinha, 1917 purchased from Yeoward Bros, Liverpool renamed Champerico, S.A.coastal service, 1934 sold to Torres & Ward, Valparaiso, renamed Vina Del Mar.	2,548
Chandeleur		see Cienfuegos
Chile (3)	1896	S.A.coastal service, 1923 sold to R.James, Valparaiso, renamed Flora.	3,225
Chiloe	1882	S.A. coastal service, 1892 lost at Talcahuano.	2,309
Chimborazo	1871	1877 chartered to Orient-Pacific Line, 1878 sold to Orient Line.	3,847
Chiriqui	1896	S.A.coastal service, 1910 sunk by explosion.	643
Cienfuegos	1959	1968 renamed Chandeleur chartered to Royal Mail Line, 1971 sold to Cyprus renamed Emma-M.	5,224
Colombia (1)	1873	S.A. coastal service, 1890 scrapped.	1,823
Colombia (2)	1899	S.A.coastal service, 1907 lost off Peru.	3,335
Coloso	1961	tug at Antofagasta, 1976 sold to Chile renamed Ultramar IV.	293
Coquimbo	1870	S.A. coastal service, 1901 hulked.	1,821
Corcovado (1)	1872	1875 sold to Royal Mail SP Co, renamed Don.	3,805
Corcovado (2)	1896	1921 scrapped.	4,568
Cordillera	1869	1882 lost in Straits of Magellan.	2,860
Cotopaxi (1)	1873	1879-1880 Orient Line Australia service, 1889 sank after collision and grounding in Straits of Magellan.	4,022
Cotopaxi (2)	1954	1973 sold to Greece, renamed Kavo Longos.	8,559
Cuzco (1)	1871	1877 chartered to Orient-Pacific Line, 1878 sold to Orient Line.	3,898
Cuzco (2)	1951	1965 sold to Ben Line, renamed Benattow.	8,038
Duendes	1906	1927 sold to Greece, renamed Zachariosa.	4,602
Ebro	1915	1922 purchased from Royal Mail SP Co, 1935 sold to Jugoslavenska Lloyd, renamed Princess Olga.	8,489
Ecuador (3)	1881	S.A. coastal service, 1916 sank off Chile.	1,768
Eleuthera	1959	1971 sold to Cyprus, renamed Mimi-M.	5,407
Esmeraldas	1906	1917 captured and sunk by German surface raider Moewe.	4,491
Essequibo	1914	1922 purchased from Royal Mail SP Co, 1935 sold to USSR, renamed Neva.	8,489
Eten	1871	S.A. coastal service, 1877 wrecked off Ventura Point; loss of 120 lives.	1,853
Explorer	1873	1907 purchased from T&J.Harrison, Liverpool, 1914 hulked.	2,066
Flamenco (1)	1906	1916 captured and sunk by German surface raider Moewe.	4,540
Flamenco (2)	1950	1966 sold to Cia de Nav.Abeto S.A. renamed Pacific Abeto.	8,491
Galicia (1)	1873	1898 sold to Canadian Steam Nav.Co, Liverpool, renamed Gaspasia.	3,829
Galicia (2)	1901	1917 mined and sunk in English Channel.	5,896
Gallito	1902	tug, 1931 scrapped.	130
Garonne	1871	1877 sold to Orient Line.	3,871
George Peacock	1961	1969 sold to Greece renamed Georgios V.	19,153
Guatemala	1899	S.A.coastal service, 1923 sold to James y Cia, Valparaiso, renamed Fresia.	3,227
Huacho	1870	S.A. coastal service, 1882 sold to Governor of Ecuador.	329
Huanchaco	1907	1925 sold renamed Frank Sutton.	4,524
Iberia	1873	1880-1890 Orient Line Australia service, 1903 scrapped.	4,671
Illimani	1872	1879 lost on Mocha Island, Chile, while on the Liverpool - Callao route.	4,020
Ilo	1872	S.A. coastal service, 1882 hulked.	1,794
Inca (2)	1893	1923 sold to Argentina, renamed Llanquihue.	3,593
Iquique	1871	S.A. coastal service, 1877 wrecked.	323
Islay	1873	S.A. coastal service, 1883 hulked.	1,588
Jamaica	1908	1914 purchased from Elder Dempster & Co, Central America coastal service, 1929 sold Valparaiso, renamed Coyhaique.	1,138
John Elder	1869	1877-1886 Australia service, 1892 wrecked Chile; no loss of life.	3,832
Junin	1907	1926 sold to W.Thomas, Liverpool, renamed Cambrian Idylle.	4,536
Kenuta (1)	1907	1926 sold to Pandelis Bros, renamed Vasilios Pandelis.	4,953
Kenuta (2)	1950	1971 scrapped.	8,494
La Paz	1920	1942 torpedoed off Florida, beached and sold to US agents.	6,548
Lagarto	1915	ex- Glenavy, 1923 purchased from Glen Line renamed Lagarto, 1948 scrapped.	5,075
Laguna	1923	1952 scrapped.	6,466
Lautaro	1915	ex-Bostonian, ex-Glengyle, 1923 purchased from Glen Line renamed Lautaro, 1947 sold to Jenny SS Co, London renamed River Swift.	6,240
Liguria	1874	1880-1890 Orient Line Australia service, 1903 scrapped.	4,666
Lima (2)	1873	S.A. coastal service, 1909 lost off Chile.	1,804
Lima (3)	1907	1910 wrecked in Straits of Magellan; loss of 6 lives.	4,946
Lobo	1874	water tender at Callao.	106
Lobos	1921	1952 scrapped.	6,479
Lontue	1873	1877 purchased from Cia Sud Americana de Vapores, Valparaiso, S.A. coastal service, 1881 resold to Cia S.A de V.	1,648
Loreto	1919	ex-Glenade, 1924 purchased from Glen Line renamed Loreto, 1951 sold to Motor Lines, Greenock renamed Barbeta.	6,682
Loriga	1919	ex-Glenariffe, 1924 purchased from Glen Line renamed Loriga, 1951 sold to Panama renamed Oceanus Venus.	6,665
Losada	1921	1952 scrapped.	6,520
Lusitania	1871	1877 sold to Orient Line, 1900 sold to Elder Dempster Beaver Line, 1900 reverted to PSNC for six months, 1901 back to Elder Dempster.	3,825
Magellan (1)	1868	transatlantic service, 1893 scrapped.	2,856
Magellan (2)	1893	1918 torpedoed and sunk off Cape Serrat.	3,590
Magellan (3)	1913	ex-Alda, Roland Line, Bremen, 1920 war reparation renamed Magellan, 1934 scrapped.	6,553
Manavi	1885	S.A. coastal service, 1920 sold.	1,041
Mendoza	1879	S.A. coastal service, 1904 hulked.	2,160
Mexico	1902	1922 scrapped.	5,549
Morro (2)	1881	tender at Panama, 1902 sold to J.McAuliffe, Valparaiso.	170
Oravia	1897	1912 went aground Port Stanley, Falklands, abandoned.	5,321
Orbita	1914	11921-23 chartered to Royal Mail's UK - New York service, 1923 transferred to Royal Mail ownership, 1926 reverted to PSNC, 1950 scrapped.	15,495
Orca	1918	1922-23 UK - New York service, 1923 transferred to Royal Mail ownership, 1927 sold to White Star Line, renamed Calgaric.	15,120
Orcana (1)	1893	1904 sold to Hamburg America Line, renamed Albingia	4,803
Orcana (2)	1903	1922 transferred from Royal Mail SP Co, 1924 scrapped.	6,793
Orcoma (1)	1908	1933 scrapped.	11,546
Orcoma (2)	1966	1979 sold to Indonesia renamed Ek Daya Samudera.	10,300
Orduna (1)	1914	1914-1919 chartered to Cunard Line, 1921-23 chartered to Royal Mail's UK - New York service, 1923 ownership transferred to Royal Mail, 1927 reverted to PSNC, 1951 scrapped.	15,507
Orduna (2)	1973	1980 transferred to Royal Mail Line.	8,396
Orellana	1893	1904 sold to Hamburg America Line, renamed Allemannia	4,821
Oriana	1906	1927 scrapped.	8,086
Orissa	1895	1918 torpedoed and sunk off Skerryvore.	5,317
Orita (1)	1903	1927 laid up, 1931 scrapped.	9,266
Orita (2)	1957	ex-Afric 1968 transferred from Shaw, Savill & Albion Line, renamed Orita, 1972 sold to Panama, renamed Hong Kong Island.	6,310
Orizaba	1886	Orient Line Australia service, 1905 ran aground and wrecked off Sydney.	6,077
Oronsa	1906	1918 torpedoed and sunk off Bardsey Island.	7,989
Oropesa (1)	1894	1915 transferred to French navy, renamed Champagne.	5,303
Oropesa (2)	1920	1921-22 chartered to Royal Mail SP Co UK - New York service, 1941 torpedoed and sunk off Ireland; loss of 113 lives.	14,118
Oropesa (3)	1957	ex-Aramaic, 1968 transferred from Shaw, Savill & Albion Line, renamed Oropesa, 1970 operated by Furness Withy, renamed Pacific Exporter, 1970 reverted to Oropesa, 1972 sold to Panama, renamed Lantao Island.	6,553
Oropesa (4)	1978	1982 transferred to Shaw, Savill & Albion.	9,015
Orotava	1889	1890 transferred to Orient Line Australia service, 1906 ownership transferred to Royal Mail SP Co.	5,857
Oroya (1)	1873	S.A. coastal service, no further details.	1,577
Oroya (2)	1886	Australia service, 1906 sold to Royal Mail SP Co.	6,057
Oroya (3)	1923	1939 scrapped.	12,257
Oroya (4)	1956	ex-Arabic, 1968 transferred from Shaw, Savill & Albion Line renamed Oroya, 1970 operated by Furness Withy renamed Pacific Ranger, 1971 reverted to Oroya, 1972 sold to Panama renamed Lamma Island.	6,311
Oroya (5)	1978	1985 transferred to Shaw, Savill & Albion.	9,015
Ortega (1)	1906	1927 scrapped.	7,970
Ortega (2)	1973	1980 transferred to Royal Mail renamed Andes.	8,396
Ortona	1899	Orient Line Australia service, 1906 transferred to Royal Mail SP Co	7,945
Oruba (1)	1889	1890 transferred to Orient Line Australia service, 1906 ownership transferred to Royal Mail SP Co.	5,852
Oruba (2)	1903	1921 transferred from Royal Mail SP Co, 1924 scrapped.	6,795
Osorno	1881	S.A. coastal service, 1899 sold to Government of Nicaragua.	532
Panama (3)	1902	1914 became hospital ship, 1920 became Admiralty's permanent hospital ship, renamed Maine.	5,981
Patagonia	1869	1880 chartered to White Star for one Liverpool - NY voyage, 1895 wrecked Lingueral.	2,866
Perico	1901	tender at Panama, 1924 out of service.	268
Perlita	1896	tender at Valparaiso.	49
Peru (3)	1896	S.A.coastal service, 1923 sold to G.Soffia y Cia.	3,225
Pizarro (1)	1879	S.A. coastal service, 1907 hulked.	2,160
Pizarro (2)	1955	1972 sold to Greece, renamed Kavo Maleas.	8,564
Poderoso	1911	tug, 1938 sold to Chile.	285
Potosi (1)	1873	1880-1887 Orient Line Australia service, 1897 scrapped.	4,218
Potosi (2)	1900	1900 sold to Russian Volunteer Fleet, renamed Kazan.	5,300
Potosi (3)	1905	1925 sold to Greece, renamed Georgios M.	4,375
Potosi (4)	1955	1972 sold to Greece, renamed Kavo Pieratis.	8,564
Puchoco	1879	S.A. coastal service, 1899 sold to J.McAuliffe, Valparaiso, renamed Isidora.	804
Puno (1)	1873	1875 sold to Royal Mail SP Co, renamed Para.	3,805
Puno (2)	1881	S.A. coastal service, 1904 hulked.	2,398
Quillota	1907	S.A.coastal service, 1921-23 New York - Guayaquil service, 1923 sold to Chile, renamed Chile.	3,674
Quilpe	1907	S.A.coastal service, 1921 New York - Guayaquil service, 1922 sold to West Australian SN Co, renamed Gascoyne.	3,669
Quito (4)	1888	S.A. coastal service, 1915 sold.	1,089
Reina Del Mar	1956	1964 transferred to Union-Castle Line management, 1969 transferred to Royal Mail Line, 1973 sold to Union-Castle Line.	20,750
Reina Del Pacifico	1931	1958 scrapped.	17,702
Rimac	1872	S.A. coastal service, 1877 sold to Valparaiso SS Co.	1,805
Ronachan		ex-sailing ship, coaling hulk at Diego Garcia.	1,156
Rupanco	1895	1902 purchased from F.Prein, Keil, S.A.coastal service, 1914 sank at Valparaiso.	818
Salamanca	1948	1967 sold to Greece, renamed Kronos.	6,704
Salaverry	1946	1967 sold to Greece, renamed Pelias.	6,647
Salinas	1947	1968 sold to Greece, renamed Polyfimos.	6,705
Salvador	1909	1915 purchased from Salvador Railway Co, London, Central America coastal service, 1946 sold to Greece, renamed Salamis.	1,128
Samanco	1943	1956 sold to Hansa Line, Germany, renamed Reichenfels.	6,413
Santa Rosa	1872	S.A. coastal service, 1890 sold at Valparaiso, renamed Luis Cousino.	1,817
Santander	1946	1967 sold to Cyprus, renamed Navmachos.	6,648
Santiago (3)	1871	S.A. coastal service, 1882 sold.	1,451
Santiago (4)	1889	S.A. coastal service, 1907 lost near Corral.	2,953
Sarmiento (1)	1893	1910 sold to Messageries Maritimes, Marseilles, renamed Normand.	3,603
Sarmiento (2)	1943	1969 sold to Greece, renamed Monomachos.	6,393
Serena	1881	S.A. coastal service, 1903 hulked.	2,394
Somers Isle	1959	1971 sold to Cyprus, renamed Eldina.	5,684
Sorata (1)	1872	1879-1886 Orient Line Australia service, 1895 scrapped.	4,014
Sorata (2)	1897	1922 sold to Germany, renamed Otto Fischer	4,581
Taboga	1898	S.A.coastal service, 1909 sold to Panama.	649
Taboguilla	1871	tender at Callao, 1893 out of fleet.	154
Tacna	1873	S.A. coastal service, 1874 sank Valparaiso after explosion; loss of 19 lives.	612
Tacora	1872	wrecked near Montevideo on maiden voyage.	3,525
Talca (2)	1900	S.A.coastal service, 1901 wrecked Chile.	1,081
Talca (3)	1943	ex-Samothrace, 1947 purchased from Ministry of Transport renamed Talca, 1953 sold to Costa Rica renamed Popi.	7,219
Temuco	1925	tug at Valparaiso, 1942 sold to Chile.	110
Truxillo	1872	S.A. coastal service, 1882 hulked.	1,449
Valdivia (2)	1870	S.A. coastal service, 1882 wrecked off Huacho.	1,162
Valparaiso (2)	1873	28th Feb.1887 lost at Vigo, Spain.	3,575
Victoria	1902	1923 scrapped.	5,967
William Wheelwright	1960	1976 scrapped after grounding damage	31,320

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