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Her four oil-fired steam engines gave her a top speed of 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph). [2] She was the Peruvian Corporation's most luxurious steamer on the lake [ 2 ] and the culmination of nearly 70 years' development of Titicaca steamers since the building of Yavari started in 1862.
Increasing traffic had outstripped their cargo and passenger capacities so the Peruvian Corporation, a UK-owned company that had taken over Peru's railways and lake shipping in 1890, ordered a much larger ship to supplement them. [2] Coya, at 546 tons and 170 feet (52 m) long, was the largest steamship on Lake Titicaca when she was launched in ...
SS Inca was a steamship on Lake Titicaca in Peru. History. The Peruvian Corporation, a UK-owned company, had controlled Peru's railways and lake shipping since 1890.
This flotilla was composed of the gunboat América, with the steamships Adolfo, Luz II, San Pablo, Cahuapanas and Liberal. [114] During the Colombia-Peru War, Liberal was commanded by lieutenant commander Manuel R. Nieto and lieutenant José Mosto, they were given orders to travel towards Leticia with the steamship. These two officers organized ...
Yavari is a British-built iron steamship commissioned (along with her sister ship Yapura) by the Peruvian government in 1861 for use on Lake Titicaca by the Peruvian Navy.. She is named after the Javary River in the Loreto Region of Peru, bordering the Amazonas State (), and was the first steamship to cross the highest navigable waters in the world.
Pages in category "Steamships of Peru" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. < Yavari (ship) C.
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Steamships of Peru (7 P) T. Tall ships of Peru (1 P) Pages in category "Ships of Peru" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.