GUAYAQUIL was built in 1860
at Renfrew with a tonnage of 661grt, a length of 208ft 8in,
a beam of 30ft 2in and a service speed of 9 knots. Sister
of the San Carlos she was built for the Callao - Guayaquil
- Panama service where she remained until 1870 when she was
sold locally for use on a Callao - Galapagos Island service.
She was broken up at Callao in 1880.
MORRO (1) was built in 1860
at Glasgow with a tonnage of 132grt, a length of 119ft 7in,
and a beam of 20ft 1in. A simple side wheel paddle steamer
she was the company's first ship to be built with a steel
hull as a passenger tender based at Panama. She was replaced
by the Morro (2) in 1881 and her subsequent career is unknown.
PERUANO was built in 1860 at
New York with a tonnage of 639grt, a length of 181ft 6in,
and a beam of 29ft 6in. A side wheel paddle steamer she was
based at Guayaquil until she was sold in 1874 to Schuber &
Co. of Guayaquil. Ten years later her engine was removed and
she was converted into a hulk and was possibly used as a warehouse
and office.
PERU (2) was built in 1861
by John Reid & Co. at Glasgow with a tonnage of 1307grt,
a length of 260ft 5in, a beam of 32ft 1in and a service speed
of 10 knots. A side wheel paddle steamer she commenced her
maiden voyage on 1st January 1862 from Liverpool to Valparaiso,
where she was based, via St. Vincent in the West Indies and
Rio de Janeiro. As the American Civil War was in progress
she carried three cannon manned by Royal Naval gun crews.
Converted to a hulk in 1881 she was supposedly wrecked near
Layerto in 1863 but remained in Lloyds Register until 1879/80.
CHILE (2) was built in 1863
by Randolph & Elder at Glasgow with a tonnage of 1672grt,
a length of 274ft 10in, a beam of 36ft 1in and a service speed
of 10 knots. Built to a similar specification as the Peru
at a cost pf £53,650 she was delivered to Valparaiso.
In 1878 she was sold to the Chilean Government without a change
of name and was removed from the registry in 1883.
TALCA (1) was built in 1862
by Randolph & Elder at Glasgow with a tonnage of 708grt,
a length of 194ft 1in, a beam of 30ft 1in and a service speed
of 10 knots. A side wheel paddle steamer she was the first
PSNC ship to be built with a straight stem as opposed to the
clipper bow and entered service on the Chilean coast. In 1865,
whilst under the command of Capt. George Chambers, she was
requisitioned by President Moreno of Ecuador to quell a local
rebellion. When the Talca arrived on the scene flying several
battle ensigns the rebels fled and the ship continued on her
voyage as if nothing had happened. Her engines were removed
in 1874 prior to being converted into a hulk and in 1880 she
was taken out to sea and scuttled.
QUITO (2) was built in 1863
by Randolph & Elder at Glasgow with a tonnage of 1388grt,
a length of 271ft, a beam of 32ft 10in and a service speed
of 13.5 knots. A side wheel paddle steamer she was designed
by Thomas Smith and built at a cost of £48,750. She
was the first of several classes of ship built for the coastal
passenger trade and carried deck and cabin passengers as well
as deck cargo which could include cattle. Because of a bowsprit
and in order to make a hasty departure should the fierce westerly
winds threaten, they tended to berth stern first at most ports.
She commenced her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Valparaiso
on 27th January 1864 and was sold in the following year. Her
subsequent career is not recorded.
PAYTA was built in 1864 by
Randolph & Elder at Glasgow with a tonnage of 1344grt,
a length of 263ft 8in, a beam of 38ft 5in and a service speed
of 13.5 knots. Sister of the Quito she entered service on
the Pacific coast of South America in 1864 and was sold to
the Chilean Government in 1878.
ECUADOR (2) was built in Glasgow
during 1864 with a tonnage of 500grt and propelled with a
single screw. No other career details are available except
that she was lost in 1870.
PACIFIC was built in 1865 by
Randolph & Elder at Glasgow with a tonnage of 1631grt,
a length of 267ft 5in, a beam of 40ft 2in and a service speed
of 10 knots. Launched on 28th January 1865 she was delivered
in the April and sailed to South America where she operated
on the Pacific coast routes. The first of a class of four
ships she was , with her sisters, placed temporarily on the
Trans - South Atlantic in 1868 and became the only compound
engined paddle steamers to be deployed on a transatlantic
service. On 13th May 1868 she inaugurated the South America
to UK service from Valparaison to Liverpool with calls at
Sandy Point (Argentina), Montevideo, Re de Janeiro, St Vincent,
Lisbon and St Nazaire. On the first departure under the command
of Captain George Conlan she carried 170 passengers and gold
and bullion valued at £65,000. The passage time was
43 days. She was eventually hulked in 1880.
SANTIAGO
(2) was built in 1865 by Randolph & Elder at Glasgow with
a tonnage of 1619grt, a length of 267ft 5in, a beam of 40ft
2in and a service speed of 10 knots. Sister of the Pacific
she was launched on 27th May 1865 for service on the South
American Pacific coast service. On 13th January 1869 she sailed
from Valparaiso with 172 passengers and eight days later entered
the Straits of Magellan and anchored off Mercy Harbour to
await better weather conditions. On 23rd January she weighed
anchor and after sailing for some 2.5 miles was wrecked on
an uncharted rock with the loss of 2 seamen and a child.
LIMENA was built in 1865 by
Randolph & Elder at Glasgow with a tonnage of 1622grt,
a length of 267ft 5in, a beam of 40ft 2in and a service speed
of 10 knots. Sister of the Pacific she was built at a cost
of £59,000 for the Pacific coast of South America service.
In 1868 she was transferred to the Valparaiso to Liverpool
service and in 1880 was converted to a hulk at Callao.
PANAMA (2) was built in 1866
by Randolph & Elder at Glasgow with a tonnage of 1642grt,
a length of 267ft 5in, a beam of 40ft 2in and a service speed
of 10 knots. The last of the quartet, she was delivered for
the Pacific coast service in 1866. Two years later she was
transferred temporarily to the Valparaiso - Liverpool route
to supplement the Pacific. In 1869 she was replaced by the
Magellan class of vessel and was converted into a hulk in
1870.
FAVORITA was built in 1865
in New York with a tonnage of 837grt, a length of 197ft 1in,
a beam of 30ft 4in and a service speed of 9 knots. Built as
a U. S. style riverboat for calm coastal water work she was
PSNC's last wooden ship. In February 1871 she caught fire
and was gutted in Callao Bay.
COLON was built in 1861 by
Randolph & Elder at Glasgow with a tonnage of 1995grt,
a length of 286ft 1in, a beam of 39ft and a service speed
of 8 knots. Built in 1861 she was not acquired by PSNC until
1866 to replace the lost Cloda. She was sold in 1872 at Valparaiso
and her subsequent career is unknown.
ARICA (1) was built in 1867
by Randolph & Elder at Glasgow with a tonnage of 740grt,
a length of 204ft, a beam of 30ft and a service speed of 10
knots. She was built for the South coast of South America
service. On 13th January 1869 during a voyage from Lambayeque
to Callao she stranded off Pacsmayo Point in Peru whilst entering
port because the lighthouse was not operating.
QUITO (3) was built in 1867
by Randolph & Elder at Glasgow with a tonnage of 743grt,
a length of 204ft, a beam of 30ft and a service speed of 10
knots. Sister of the Arica she operated a similar service.
In 1882 she was converted into a coal hulk at Arica.
SUPE was built in 1867 by Randolph
& Elder at Glasgow with a tonnage of 298grt, a length
of 145ft 7in, and a beam of 25ft 1in. Costing £7,500
she entered service in 1867 as, in PSNC's terminology, a 'pig
launch'. She was sold in 1882 at Puerto Montt and her subsequent
career is unrecorded.
ATLAS was built in 1867 at
Paisley in Scotland with a tonnage of 56grt, a length of 70ft
2in, a beam of 17ft 4in and a service speed of 9 knots. Built
as a tug for service at Valparaiso she was towed there by
the Supe. In 1890 she ran ashore and became a derelict.
CALDERA was built in 1868 by
Wm. Denny & Bros. at Dumbarton with a tonnage of 1741grt,
a length of 282ft 2in, a beam of 34ft 4in and a service speed
of 10 knots. She was launched on 28th June 1868 as the Assam
as a speculative build for P & O who did not want her
and remained at the yard until 1870 when Denny's undertook
their first compound conversion which increased her speed
to 11 knots. Purchased by PSNC for £37,000 in August
1870 she was not a success and was subsequently sold to J.
Laird Jrn. in 1876. She was lengthened to 333ft 6in, given
a straight stem and had new compound engines installed. In
1879 she was sold to Compagnie Général Transatlantique
without a change of name and deployed on their Marseilles
to New York service. She was sold to F. Stumore & Co.
of London in 1886 and in May 1887 was abandoned at sea off
Suakin, Sudan.
SANTIAGO
(2) was built in 1865 by Randolph & Elder at Glasgow with
a tonnage of 1619grt, a length of 267ft 5in, a beam of 40ft
2in and a service speed of 10 knots. Sister of the Pacific
she was launched on 27th May 1865 for service on the South
American Pacific coast service. On 13th January 1869 she sailed
from Valparaiso with 172 passengers and eight days later entered
the Straits of Magellan and anchored off Mercy Harbour to
await better weather conditions. On 23rd January she weighed
anchor and after sailing for some 2.5 miles was wrecked on
an uncharted rock with the loss of 2 seamen and a child. 
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