| Name: | LADY BRASSEY |
| Type: | Excursion Vessel |
| Launched: | 13/06/1888 |
| Completed: | 08/1888 |
| Builder: | HS Edwards & Sons |
| Yard: | Howdon |
| Yard Number: | 41 |
| Dimensions: | 248grt, 64nrt, 160.0 x 24.1 x 8.3ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (10, 16 & 26 x 18ins), 75nhp |
| Engines by: | Ernest Scott & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 95355 |
| History: | |
| 09/081888 | Hastings, St Leonards-on-Sea & Eastbourne Steamboat Co Ltd, Newhaven |
| 1890 | Amazon Steamship Co Ltd, Para; renamed FLAMENGO |
| 30/04/1897 | Sank |
| Comments: | Designed to be fitted with armament if required for coastal defence |
| Fitted to carry 372 x passengers | |
| Cost £7,000 from the builder | |
| 1890: Name often misspelled as FLAMINGO | |
| 1890: Refitted by AW Robertson & Co at London | |
| 23/08/1890: Sailed from the Thames for Brazil | |
| 22/04/1897: Sailed from Pará, Brazil | |
| 30/04/1897: Sank near Mapuá, in Lower Amazon islands after damaging propeller & shaft |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Pollard
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 14/06/1888