Name: | RIO FORMOSO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/01/1891 |
Completed: | 10/02/1891 |
Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 260 |
Dimensions: | 758grt, 415nrt, 757dwt, 210.7 x 31.2 x 11.2ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (11.5, 19 & 32 x 24ins), 102nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 10.9knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
10/02/1891 | Companhia de Navegacao de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil |
1898 | Company restyled Cia Pernambucana de Nav a Vapores |
10/03/1912 | Wrecked |
Comments: | For coastal operation on the Rio Grande de Sul |
Contract Price £15452; Profit £1629-14s-4d | |
10/03/1912: Wrecked at Ceara | |
On a voyage from Piauhy to Pernambuco with a cargo of grain |