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Lot Essay
The iron single screw steamer Chimborazo was ordered for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's South American service and built by John Elder at Glasgow in 1871. Registered at 3,847 tons gross (2,443 net) she measured 384 feet in length with a 41 foot beam and was engined by her builders to cruise at 11 knots. First chartered (in 1877) and then purchased (in 1878) by the Orient Line, she ran on their Australian service until 1887 when she made her final voyage from London to Sydney. Latterly, she was owned by Pitcher's of Liverpool who renamed her Cleopatra and used her for cruising prior to scrapping in 1897.
Built for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company by the Barrow Shipbuilding Company in 1886, the single screw steel-hulled Oroya was registered at 6,057 tons gross (3,394 net) and measured 460 feet in length with a 49 foot beam. Powered by her builders' own triple expansion engines, she could cruise at 12 knots and had accommodation for 280 passengers in two classes along with berths for 412 emigrants. Placed under the management of the Orient Line upon completion, she ran on their Australian service and continued this run even after transfer into the Royal Mail Line's fleet in 1906. Withdrawn as outdated in 1909, she was scrapped at Genoa the same year.
Built for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company by the Barrow Shipbuilding Company in 1886, the single screw steel-hulled Oroya was registered at 6,057 tons gross (3,394 net) and measured 460 feet in length with a 49 foot beam. Powered by her builders' own triple expansion engines, she could cruise at 12 knots and had accommodation for 280 passengers in two classes along with berths for 412 emigrants. Placed under the management of the Orient Line upon completion, she ran on their Australian service and continued this run even after transfer into the Royal Mail Line's fleet in 1906. Withdrawn as outdated in 1909, she was scrapped at Genoa the same year.