CHILOE was built in 1882 by
John Elder & Co. at Glasgow with a tonnage of 2309grt,
a length of 321ft, a beam of 37ft 4in and a service speed
of 11 knots. She joined the Pacific coastal service in 1882
and, in July, 1892, was lost at Talcahuano during a voyage
from Valparaiso to Puerto Montt.
MANAVI was built in 1885 by
Robert Napier & Sons at Glasgow with a tonnage of 1041grt,
a length of 216ft, a beam of 35ft 1in and a service speed
of 10 knots. Completed in May 1885 for the Pacific coastal
services she remained in service until 1920 when, it is assumed,
that she was scrapped due to her age.
QUITO (4) was built in 1888
by Laird Bros. at Birkenhead with a tonnage of 1089grt, a
length of 216ft, a beam of 35ft 1in and a service speed of
10 knots. Sister of the Manavi she entered service in 1888.
According to the records of PSNC she was sold to Royal Mail
Line in 1915 but a purchase in that company is not recorded.
Lloyds Register gave the owner as Etchegaray Onfray &
Co. of Valparaiso. She was broken up in 1925.
OROYA (2) was built in 1886
by Barrow Shipbuilding Co. at Barrow with a tonnage of 6057grt,
a length of 474ft, a beam of 49ft 4in and a service speed
of 12.5 knots. Designed for the Australian service she was
launched on 31st August 1886, was PSNC's first straight stemmed
ocean liner and their largest ship at that time. She commenced
her maiden voyage on 17th February 1887 from London to Melbourne
and Sydney via the Suez Canal. On 4th March 1895 she went
aground and was severely damaged in the Bay of Naples. She
was refitted in 1905 and in February 1906 was sold to Royal
Mail Line for the Orient - Royal Mail service. Renamed Oro
for her final voyage she was broken up in Italy during 1909.
ORIZABA
was built in 1886 by Barrow Shipbuilding Co. at Barrow with
a tonnage of 6077grt, a length of 474ft, a beam of 49ft 4in
and a service speed of 12.5 knots. Sister of the Oroya she
was built for PSNC but on completion was placed under Orient
Line management and deployed on the Australia run via the
Suez Canal. Her maiden voyage commenced on 30th September
1886 from Southampton to Melbourne and Sydney via the Suez
Canal. On 17th February 1905, whilst in dense smoke haze caused
by bush fires, she ran aground and was wrecked off Garden
Island, Sydney. The wreck was eventually sold for £3750.
OROTAVA was built in 1889 by
Barrow Shipbuilding Co. at Barrow with a tonnage of 5857grt,
a length of 430ft, a beam of 49ft 3in and a service speed
of 14.5 knots. She was built for the Liverpool to Valparaiso
service and made two voyages before being transferred to Orient
Line management and deployment on the Australian service via
the Suez Canal. She commenced her first voyage to Sydney via
Suez and Melbourne on 6th June 1890.In 1896, whilst coaling
at Tilbury, she capsized with the loss of 4 lives. She was
raised and refurbished and resumed service to Australia in
1897. During the Boer War from 1899 to 1903 she was used as
War Transport No. 91 but retaining her PSNC livery. She returned
to the Australia service on 13th March 1903. In February 1906
ownership was transferred to Royal Mail Line but remained
on the Australia service. On 5th March 1909 she commenced
her last voyage to Australia before transferring to the West
Indies routes. In 1914 she joined the "B" Line of
the 10th Cruiser Squadron and in 1919 was sold and broken
up.
ORUBA (1) was built in 1889
by Barrow Shipbuilding Co. at Barrow with a tonnage of 5852grt,
a length of 430ft, a beam of 49ft 3in and a service speed
of 14.5 knots. Sister of the Orotava she was built for the
Liverpool - Valparaiso service. In the following year she
was transferred to the Orient Line service and commenced her
first sailing to Australia on 4th July 1890. In February 1906
she was transferred to the Royal Mail Line and continued sailings
to Australia until 16th October 1908 when she made her final
sailing before being transferred to Royal Mail's South American
service to Buenos Aires. She was purchased by the British
Admiralty in 1914 and rebuilt to represent the battleship
HMS Orion. In 1915 she was scuttled at Mudros Harbour in the
Agean Sea to act as a breakwater.
SANTIAGO (4) was built in 1889
by Barrow Shipbuilding Co. at Barrow with a tonnage of 2953grt,
a length of 350ft, a beam of 45ft 2in and a service speed
of 12 knots. She was built for the coastal Valparaiso - Callao
service where she remained until 18th June 1907 when she was
lost near Corral.
AREQUIPA (2) was built in 1889
by Barrow Shipbuilding Co. at Barrow with a tonnage of 2953grt,
a length of 350ft, a beam of 45ft 2in and a service speed
of 12 knots. She was built for the Valparaiso - Callao coastal
service. On 2nd June 1903, while handling cargo at the Valparaiso
buoys, she was caught by a sudden 'Northerner' gale. Although
the crew and shore staff fought to hold the ship she suddenly
keeled over and sank during an intensely violent series of
gusts with the loss of over 80 lives.
ASSISTANCE was built in 1891
by Gourlay Bros. & Co. at Dundee with a tonnage of 214grt,
a length of 105ft, and a beam of 22ft 7in. She was a tug built
initially for service at Liverpool and later in Chile. In
1926 she was sold to Oelckers Hermanos of Chile and renamed
Tautil. She was wrecked near Lota in July 1929.
MAGELLAN (2) was built in 1893
by Harland & Wolff at Belfast with a tonnage of 3590grt,
a length of 360ft 7in, a beam of 43ft 2in and a service speed
of 12 knots. She was one of four cargo ships built for the
UK - west coast of South America services. With a cargo capacity
of 234,000 cubic feet she also had accommodation for 12 Second
Class passengers. On 25th July 1918 she was torpedoed and
sunk 53 miles north east of Cape Serrat with the loss of 1life.
INCA (2) was built in 1893
by Harland & Wolff at Belfast with a tonnage of 3593grt,
a length of 360ft 7in, a beam of 43ft 2in and a service speed
of 12 knots. Sister of the Magellan she was built for the
cargo services to South America. She was sold to Soc. Anon
y Comercial Braun y Blanchard of Punta Arenas, Argentine in
1923 and renamed Llanquihue. After a further six years service
she was broken up in 1929.
SARMIENTO
(1) was built in 1893 by Harland & Wolff at Belfast with
a tonnage of 3603grt, a length of 361ft, a beam of 43ft 2in
and a service speed of 12 knots. Sister of the Magellan she
was the third cargo ship built for the UK - west coast of
South America service. In 1910 she was sold to Messageries
Maritimes of Marseilles and renamed Normand. She was used
to establish a UK - French channel ports - Black Sea service
for the French Government and was eventually broken up in
1923.
ANTISANA was built in 1893
by Harland & Wolff at Belfast with a tonnage of 3584grt,
a length of 361ft, a beam of 43ft 2in and a service speed
of 12 knots. Sister of the Magellan she was built for the
South American cargo services. In 1910 she was sold to Messageries
Maritimes of Marseilles who renamed her Basque and operated
her on the same service as the Normand. At 11.00hrs on 18th
February 1918 she was torpedoed by UB-52at Marsa Sirocco.
A fire broke out on board and the second engineer Achille
Vidal was burnt to death attempting to quell the flames, an
heroic act for which he was posthumously awarded the Legion
d'Honneur. The ship was eventually beached at Malta on 20th
February. In December 1920 she resumed service to the Black
Sea and was finally broken up in Italy during November 1923.
ORELLANA was built in 1893
by Harland & Wolff at Belfast with a tonnage of 4821grt,
a length of 401ft, a beam of 47ft 7in and a service speed
of 11 knots. Launched on 7th December 1892 she was built mainly
for cargo services but had accommodation for up to 675 emigrants
which were carried seasonally from Spain and Portugal. In
1904 she was sold to the Hamburg America Line and renamed
Allemania. Two years later she was sold to the Russian Government
as a replacement for ships lost during Russo - Japanese war
and renamed Kowno. In 1907 she returned to Hamburg America
Line ownership and reverted to her former name, Allemania.
In April 1917 she was seized by the United States, operated
by the United States Shipping Board and renamed Owasco. On
10th December 1917 she was torpedoed by a German submarine
off Alicante in Spain, was beached and being beyond commercial
repair was broken up in the following year.
ORCANA (1) was built in 1893
by Harland & Wolff at Belfast with a tonnage of 4803grt,
a length of 401ft, a beam of 47ft 7in and a service speed
of 11 knots. Sister of the Orellana she commenced her maiden
voyage on 19th July 1893 undertaking similar cargo and emigrant
duties. During the Boer War (1899 - 1903) she became Transport
No. 40 and operated as a hospital ship with a yellow funnel
and a white hull. In 1904 she was sold to the Hamburg America
Line and renamed Albingia. She was transferred to the Russian
Government for collier duties in 1906 and renamed Grodno.
Under the Treaty of Portsmouth, USA, 29th August 1905 and
as the war was over she was returned to the Hamburg America
Line in 1907 as the Albingia. In April 1917 she was seized
by the United States, operated by the United States Shipping
Board and renamed Argonaut. On 5th June 1918 she was sunk
by U-82 off Bishop Rock.
ORISSA was built in 1895 by
Harland & Wolff at Belfast with a tonnage of 5317grt,
a length of 421ft, a beam of 48ft 9in and a service speed
of 15 knots. Launched on the 15th December 1894 she commenced
her maiden voyage to Valparaiso on 11th April 1895. During
the Boer War she became War Transport No.18 and at the end
of the war carried Lord Kitchener, Sir John French and Sir
Ian Hamilton from Cape Town to the UK. In August 1906 she
was berthed at Valparaiso during the earthquake and acted
as a refugee accommodation ship. On 25th June 1918 she was
torpedoed and sunk 21 miles southwest of Skerryvore with the
loss of 6 lives.
OROPESA (1) was built in 1895
by Harland & Wolff at Belfast with a tonnage of 5303grt,
a length of 421ft, a beam of 48ft 9in and a service speed
of 15 knots. Sister of the Orissa she was launched on 29th
November 1894 and commenced her maiden voyage to Valparaiso
under the command of Capt. Hayes on 28th February 1895. In
November 1914 she was requisitioned and converted into an
Armed Merchant Cruiser for deployment within the 10th Cruiser
Squadron under the command of Capt. Percy Brown. She sank
a U-boat off Skerryvore in Scotland during March 1915. In
December 1915 she was transferred to the French Navy but operated
by her British crew and renamed Champagne. On 15th October
1917 she was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea with the
loss of 56 lives.
ORAVIA was built in 1897 by
Harland & Wolff at Belfast with a tonnage of 5321grt,
a length of 421ft, a beam of 48ft 9in and a service speed
of 15 knots. Sister of the Orissa she was launched on 5th
December 1896 and commenced her maiden voyage to Valparaiso
on 1st July 1897. On 12th November 1912 ,during an occasional
call at the Falkland Islands whilst on a voyage from Liverpool
to Callao, she ran aground on Billy Rock, Seal Rocks, Port
Stanley and was abandoned four days later.
CHIRIQUI was built in 1896
by Wigham Richardson & Co. at Newcastle with a tonnage
of 643grt, a length of 185ft, a beam of 31ft 1in and a service
speed of 11 knots. Built for the coastal services she remained
with the company until 1910 when she was sunk by and explosion.
ORIZABA
was built in 1886 by Barrow Shipbuilding Co. at Barrow with
a tonnage of 6077grt, a length of 474ft, a beam of 49ft 4in
and a service speed of 12.5 knots. Sister of the Oroya she
was built for PSNC but on completion was placed under Orient
Line management and deployed on the Australia run via the
Suez Canal. Her maiden voyage commenced on 30th September
1886 from Southampton to Melbourne and Sydney via the Suez
Canal. On 17th February 1905, whilst in dense smoke haze caused
by bush fires, she ran aground and was wrecked off Garden
Island, Sydney. The wreck was eventually sold for £3750.
SARMIENTO
(1) was built in 1893 by Harland & Wolff at Belfast with
a tonnage of 3603grt, a length of 361ft, a beam of 43ft 2in
and a service speed of 12 knots. Sister of the Magellan she
was the third cargo ship built for the UK - west coast of
South America service. In 1910 she was sold to Messageries
Maritimes of Marseilles and renamed Normand. She was used
to establish a UK - French channel ports - Black Sea service
for the French Government and was eventually broken up in
1923. 
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