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BRAZIL : River Amazon

AMAZON STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY - later : Amazon River Steam Navigation Co (1911) in Para
Marajo
Built in 1874 by Laird Bros at Birkenhead
Launched 23/12/1873
661 GRT
End : 1911

Ica
Built in 1881 by Laird Bros at Birkenhead
Launched 3/2/1881
181 ft : 481 GRT
End : 1893 (sank in the River Madeira)

Cameta
Built in 1881 by Laird Bros at Birkenhead
Launched 16/3/1881
181 ft : 478 GRT
1911 : registered to the Madeira-Memore Railway Co at Manaus
End : 1920

Imperatriz Theresa
Built in 1883 by Laird Bros at Birkenhead
Launched 3/1883
180 ft : 481 GRT
1911 L registered to the Amazon River Steam Navigation Co (1911)
End : 1926 (used as a floating pontoon)

Para
Built in 1883 by Blackwood & Gordon at Port Glasgow
Launched 14/02/1883
183 ft : 479 GRT
Engine : Compound diagonal 30 and 52 in x 57 in
End : 1911

Dom Pedro II
Built in 1883 by Blackwood & Gordon at Port Glasgow
Launched 27/032/1883
170 ft : 397 GRT
Engine : 2 cylinder diagonal 33 and 33 in x 48 in
End : 1904

Jaguaripe
Built in 1906 by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co at Ayr
Launched on 23/06/1906
116 ft : 185 GRT
Engine : Compound diagonal 15 and 30 in x 39 in
Built for Cleto japi Assu at Bahia
1911 : registered to 
End : 1932 (sunk by governemnt gunfire after capture by rebels on 24/08/1932)


FOUR SIDE-WHEELERS FROM THE AMAZON built in Hebburn, County Durham, in 1884
Yards on the River Tyne were not noted for their production of paddle steamers with the exception of a considerable output of tugs from the yards of JT Eltringham and JP Rennoldson, both of South Shields.
Perhaps surprisingly, the yard of Andrew Leslie & Co of Hebburn received an order for four passenger paddle steamers for delivery to the Cie. de Navegacao de Para e Amazonas for production in 1884 and river service in Brazil.

Para e Amazonas
Launched 21/6/1884
175 ft x 29.6 ft : 430 GRT
Engine : Compound diagonal 30 snd 54 in x 51 in by Black. Hawthorn & Co of Gateshead
Registered to JM Braga from 1894

Oyapok
Launched 12/7/1884
177 ft x 27.5 ft : 431 GRT
Engine : Compound diagonal 30 snd 54 in x 51 in by Black. Hawthorn & Co of Gateshead
Registered to Levi Ferreira y Cia from 1894

Acara
Launched 28/7/1884
177 ft x 27.5 ft : 429 GRT
Engine : Compound diagonal 30 snd 54 in x 51 in by Black. Hawthorn & Co of Gateshead
Registered to BA Antunes y Cia from 1894

Araguay
Launched 9/8/1884
177 ft x 27.5 ft : 429 GRT
Engine : Compound diagonal 30 snd 54 in x 51 in by Black. Hawthorn & Co of Gateshead
Registered to Cie de Navegacao de Manaos from 1894




Above : Para e Amazonas was newly completed in August 1884 when she was fitted out specially for the visit of HRH The Prince of Wales and other guests of the River Tyne  Commissioners  and the formal opening of the new dock at North Shields which was named Albert Edward Dock in honour of the prince. Guests were allowed on the temporarily constructed upper deck for the occasion.
Image is a post card. Source : Newcastle City Libraries







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