| Name: | INDEPENDENCIA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 14/09/1905 |
| Completed: | 11/1905 |
| Builder: | Smith's Dock Co Ltd |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | 776 |
| Dimensions: | 1100grt, 589nrt, 210.0 x 32.2 x 11.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (17, 28.5 & 46 x 30ins), 127nhp |
| Engines by: | MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1928: 160399) |
| History: | |
| 11/1905 | Lloyd Bahia Blanca SA de Navegacion a Vapor, Bahia Blanca |
| 1909 | Marine Mercante Argentina SA de Nav, Bahia Blanca |
| 1918 | Service Maritime de Protectorat du Maroc (P Castanie), Casablanca |
| 1921 | Managers Union d'Entreprises Marocaines: renamed CHELLAH |
| 1922 | Cia de Nav Caregadores Acoreanos, Ponta Delgada |
| 1922 | Renamed GONCALHO VELHO |
| 1928 | Luke, Thomas & Co Ltd, London; renamed VELHO |
| 1928 | Cowasjee, Dinshaw & Bros, London & Aden |
| 02/1957 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 16/02/1957: Arrived at Hong Kong for breaking up |
| 02/1957: Broken up by Hong Kong Chiap Hua Manufactory Co |

Shields Daily News, Friday, 15/09/1905