| Name: | MATIAS COUSINO |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 11/02/1865 |
| Completed: | 04/1865 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 129 |
| Dimensions: | 891grt, 662nrt, 206.0 x 30.2 x 17.4ft; (by 1890: 906grt, 646nrt, 210.3 x 30.7 x 18.9ft) |
| Engines: | 2cyl, 120hp; (1875: C2cyl ( 28 & 53 x 32ins), 132nhp |
| Engines by: | Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle; (1875: T Richardson & Sons, Hartlepool - No 537) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 51352 |
| History: | |
| 30/03/1865 | Henry Kendall, London; registered at Newcastle |
| 19/09/1865 | Luis Cousino, Santiago, Chile |
| 1865 | Government of Spain |
| 07/12/1867 | Luis Cousino, Santiago, Chile |
| 1879 | Government of Chile |
| 1879 | Compania Esplotadora de Lota y Coronel, Valparaiso |
| 03/11/1903 | Gonzalez, Sofia & Co, Valparaiso; renamed VALPARAISO |
| 1918 | Borquez y Cia, Valparaiso; renamed OROMPELLO |
| 1925 | Bórquez Arrate y Cía, Valparaiso; renamed QUINTERO |
| 06/12/1928 | Sank |
| Comments: | Built for carrying coal & copper ore on the coast of Chile |
| 29/09/1865: Captured by Spain during a war with Chile. Known as TRANSPORT NO 1 | |
| 06/05/1866: Abandoned at San Lorenzo Island & recovered by Chile | |
| 1879: Assigned to the Chilean navy as a cargo transport | |
| 1908: Removed from register, as she was burned at Bay of Iquique | |
| 1919: Rebuilt at Valparaiso | |
| 06/12/1928: Sank after a collision with AMERICA, 5nm off Punta Patache near Pisagua, Chile, while carrying general cargo |
Above image is courtesy of Andreas von Mach
Above image, showing OROMPELLO after rebuilding, is courtesy of Andreas von Mach
Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Thursday, 30/11/1865