ss CHIMBORAZO

ss CHIMBORAZO
built by John Elder & Co Govan,
Yard No 128

Propulsion: steam, 13 knots
Launched: Wednesday, 21/06/1871
Built: 1871
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Ship's Role: Liverpool to Valparaiso
Tonnage: 3847 grt
Length: 384 feet
Breadth: 41 feet 4 inches
Owner History:
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Orient Steam Navigation Co (1878)
P. J. Pitcher Liverpool (1894)
Ocean Cruising & Yachting Co. London (1895)
Status: Scrapped - 1897 at Preston

Remarks: One of three ships built by Elder for the PNSC, with a fourth sister, the LUSITANIA being built the same year by Laird Bros at Birkenhead.

Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron


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