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South American and General Steam Navigation Co., Liverpool
1852-1855
The South American & General Steam Navigation Company
was founded in Liverpool in 1852, to run a fleet of iron screw steamers
to South America. Orders were placed with John Laird of Birkenhead
for two 1,100 tons steamers, the BRASILEIRA and LUSITANIA and with John
Reid & Co.
of Port Glasgow for a similar ship, the OLINDA. A wooden
paddle steamer intended for feeder service in South America, was also built
by John
Laird and named ARGENTINA.
The ARGENTINA was wrecked in
the River Plate in December 1853 and the OLINDA was wrecked on 26
January 1854 near Holyhead a few hours after the start of her second voyage
with
no loss of life.
The BAHIANA joined the fleet in 1854 and two ships
intended for the Feeder service in South America, the LA PLATA and MENAI
were also completed that year. Following the loss of the OLINDA, two
new steamers were ordered from John Laird of Birkenhead, the IMPERADOR
and
IMPERATRIZ,
which were launched on 13 July and 7 October 1854 respectively.
At the
end of 1854 the BRASILEIRA and LUSITANIA were sold to Messageries Imperiales
(later
Messageries Maritimes), France. The
BAHIANA and IMPERATRIZ were taken by the British Government as Crimean
war transports and the IMPERADOR
followed suit later on.
The surviving ships were sold after the Crimean
War, BAHIANA to Messageries Imperiales and the IMPERADOR and IMPERATRIZ
to Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (CGT),
and the service was never resumed.
Many thanks to Henk Jungerius and Ted Finch for their 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.
- Routes:
- Liverpool-Pernambuco-Bahia-Rio de Janeiro
* Paddle Steamer
Funnel:
Black
Fleet:
|
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| Vessel |
Built |
Years in Service |
Tons |
| Argentina * |
1853 |
built by John Laird, Birkenhead | Feeder service Rio
de Janeiro-Montevideo-Buenos Aires, 1853 wrecked in the River Plate. |
500 |
| Bahiana |
1854 |
built by John Laird, Birkenhead | 1854 became Crimean
war Transport, 1855 sold to Messageries Imperiales, Marseilles (later Messageries
Maritimes) renamed Simois, 1875 scrapped at La Ciotat. |
1,530 |
| Brasileira |
1853 |
built by John Laird, Birkenhead | 1854 sold to Messageries
Imperiales, Marseilles (later Messageries
Maritimes), 1854 became Crimean war Transport renamed Borystene,
1865 lost on the Island of Plane. |
1,100 |
| Imperador |
1854 |
built by John Laird, Birkenhead | 1855 became Crimean
war Transport, 1862 sold to Compagnie
Generale Transatlantique (CGT) renamed Tampico, 1870 renamed
Guadeloupe, 1880 sold to Norway, renamed Sorrento, 1890 foundered
in the North Sea. |
1,700 |
| Imperatriz |
1854 |
built by John Laird, Birkenhead | 1854 became Crimean
war Transport, 1862 sold to Compagnie
Generale Transatlantique (CGT) Vera Cruz, 1869 renamed Martinique,
1892 scrapped. |
1,700 |
| La Plata |
1854 |
built by John Laird, Birkenhead | Feeder service Rio
de Janeiro-Montevideo-Buenos Aires. |
500 |
| Lusitania |
1853 |
built by John Laird, Birkenhead | 1854 sold to Messageries
Imperiales, Marseilles (later Messageries
Maritimes) renamed Hydaspe, 1864 wrecked in the Riouw Straits,
Singapore. |
1,100 |
| Menai |
1854 |
built by John Laird, Birkenhead | Feeder service Rio
de Janeiro-Montevideo-Buenos Aires |
500 |
| Olinda |
1853 |
built by John Reid & Co., Port Glasgow | 1854 wrecked
near Holyhead. |
1,100 |
| Pampero * |
1854 |
Ordered and later cancelled. |
630 |
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