| Name: | SUD AMERICA |
| Type | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 12/06/1872 |
| Completed: | 10/1872 |
| Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 82 |
| Dimensions: | 2246grt, 1265nrt, 314.0 x 35.3 x 28.8ft |
| Engines: | CI2cyl (52 & 92 x 42ins), 400nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 10/1872 | GB Lavarello & Co, Genoa |
| 1883 | Matteo Bruzzi & Co, Genoa |
| 1884 | La Veloce Linea di Navigazione Italiana a Vapore, Genoa |
| 13/09/1888 | Sank |
| Comments: | 13/09/1888: Sank after collision with LA FRANCE in Las Palmas roads |
| On a voyage from Montevideo to Genoa. 87 lives lost |
Above image is courtesy of Piero Casiglia