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