AMAZONE (1896) Messageries
Maritimes
Built by Messageries Maritimes, La
Ciotat, France for the Messageris Maritimes Line. Tonnage:6,019. Dimensions:
442’x50’. Twin-screw, 18.5 knots triple expansion engines, two masts and two
funnels. As the AMAZONE commenced service to South America, but was transferred
to the Far East trade in 1912. Vessel was reconditioned in 1923. Sold for scrap
in February 1932. Ex – LAOS (1904)
PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE WORLD: PAST AND PRESENT by Eugne W.
Smith.