| 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