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Name: VENUS
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/10/1891
Completed: 12/1891
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 582
Dimensions: 1117grt, 245.0 x 33.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (19, 31 & 50 x 33ins), 144nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
12/1891 Cia Frigorifica e Pastroel Braziliana, Rio de Janeiro
09/1893 Brazilian Navy; renamed PEREIRA DA CUNHA
23/02/1894 Sank
Comments: 09/1893: Requisitioned by the Brazilian Navy & converted to a Auxiliary Cruiser
Armed with 2 x 1 x 32pdr & 2 x 1 x 3pdr guns
23/02/1894: Magazine exploded in battle off Brazil & she sank immediately


Above photo as PEREIRA DA CUNHA copyright of Navios Brasileiros