SS ''Valdivia'' was a
passenger ship
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that was built in England and launched in 1886 as ''Tijuca''. She was renamed ''Valdivia'' in 1896, ''Tom G Corpi'' in 1908 and ''Flandre'' in 1909. She had a succession of
German owners until 1909, when she was bought by a
French
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shipping company. She was scrapped in 1927.
''Valdivia'' is notable as the ship in which the German
marine biologist Carl Chun
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Chun was born in Höchst, today a part of Frankfurt, and studied zoology at the University of Leipzig, where from 1878 to 1883 he was privat-docent of zoology and an a ...
undertook the
Valdivia Expedition in 1898–99.
Building
Armstrong, Mitchell & Co built ''Tijuca'' in its shipyard at
Low Walker
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as yard number 496 for
Hamburg Südamerikanische DG. She was launched in 28 August 1886 and completed that October. Her registered length was , her
beam
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was and her depth was . She had berths for 40 first class and 280 steerage class passengers,
and her
tonnages were and .
The
Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company
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built her three-cylinder
triple-expansion engine, which was rated at 265
NHP.
[
Throughout her German ownership, the ship was ]registered
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in Hamburg.[
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Changes of ownership and name
In 1896 Hamburg America Line bought ''Tijuca'' and renamed her ''Valdivia'',[ after the Chilean city of Valdivia, which had a German emigré community.
In 1908 Peter R Hinsch of Hamburg bought ''Valdivia'' and renamed her ''Tom G Corpi''. In 1909 the Société Générale de Transports Maritimes à Vapeur bought ''Tom G Corpi'' and renamed her ''Flandre''. She was registered in Marseille][ and her French ]code letters
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were JGMW.[
In January 1927 ''Flandre'' was scrapped at La Seyne-sur-Mer.][
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References
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1886 ships
Passenger ships of Germany
Ships built by Armstrong Whitworth
Steamships of France
Steamships of Germany
World War I passenger ships of France