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BOLIVAR

Shipbuildervessel built by Hall, Russell & Company, Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)

Date1898

Object NamePASSENGER AND CARGO VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 223 7/12' x breadth 33 1/12' x depth 16 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 1016 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001973

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 309
Official Number: 109448
Subsequent Name: PAULISTA (1908)

Fate: Lost off Paraty, Brazil, 25 June 1913. It hit rocks when prop shaft broke, crew were saved.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel single screw steamer, 1 deck, forecastle 28', double bottom. Electric light fitted.

Owners:
1898: Booth Iquitos Steamship company Ltd (Manager: Alfred Booth & Co. Liverpool)
1904: Booth Red Cross Iquitos Steam Ship Co. Ltd.S. Co. Ltd., Liverpool
1906: Iquitos Steam Ship Co. Ltd. Booth steam Ship Co. Ltd., Liverpool
1908:Jose Pinto Queiros, Santos, Brazil (renamed PAULISTA)

Masters:
1898: Master J. Good
1903-05: Master F. J. Lyons

General History:
22/06/1898:
Messrs Hall Russell launched from their yard on Saturday a steel screw passenger and cargo steamer named BOLIVAR to order of The Booth Iquitos Steamship Co. Ltd., Manager Alfred Booth and Co. Liverpool. She has been specially constructed for the mail service from Liverpool and the Continent to Iquitos, Peru. She will class 100 A1 at Lloyds and have all requirements for Board of Trade passenger certificate.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)

Notes:
Engine by Hall, Russell, triple expansion engines, cylinder of 17", 29" and 43" diameters, 33" stroke, boiler pressure 180 lb., 136 NHP.