Pacific Steam Navigation Co.
(Pacific Line)

United Kingdom

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Sailings July 1923-March 1924 (issued August 1923)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Ebro
Essequibo
New York, Havana, Cristobal, Balboa, Callao, Mollendo, Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta, Valparaiso.
Ocasional calls at Salaverry and Payta (between Callao and Balboa) on return voyages.

Sailings January-December 1926 (issued October 1925)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Oropesa
Oroya
Orcoma
Orita
Oriana
Ortega
Liverpool, La Rochelle-Pallice, Santander, Coruña, Vigo, Havana, Cristobal, Balboa, Callao, Mollendo, Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta, Valparaiso.
Return voyages: Valparaiso, Antofagasta, Mejillones, Iquique, Arica, Mollendo, Callao, Balboa, Cristobal, Havana, Vigo (Apr-Sep only), Coruña, Santander, La Rochelle-Pallice, Liverpool.
Oropesa Two voyages around South America - outward via Straits of Magellan:
Liverpool, La Rochelle-Pallice, Coruña, Vigo, Lisbon, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo, Port Stanley, Punta Arenas, Coronel, Talcahuano, Valparaiso.
Return voyages as above (no calls at Vigo).
Ortega One voyage around South America - return via Straits of Magellan:
Outward voyage as for "O" steamers above.
Return voyage: Valparaiso, Talcahuano, Coronel, Punta Arenas, Port Stanley, Montevideo, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, St. Vincent, Lisbon, Leixoes, Vigo, Coruña, La Rochelle-Pallice, Liverpool.

Sailings January-December 1928 (issued May 1928)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Orduña
Orbita
Oropesa
Oroya
Orcoma
Orita
Liverpool, La Rochelle-Pallice, Santander, Coruña, Vigo, Bermuda (Orduña, Orbita and Orcoma), Havana, Kingston (Orduña - one voyage only), Cristobal, Balboa, Paita, Callao, Mollendo, Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta, Valparaiso.
Return voyages: Valparaiso, Antofagasta, Mejillones, Iquique, Arica, Mollendo, Callao, Balboa, Cristobal, Kingston (Orcoma - one voyage only), Havana, Bermuda (Orduña, Orbita and Orcoma), Sao Miguel/Azores (Oroya - one voyage only), Vigo (Oct-Mar only occasionally), Coruña, Santander, La Rochelle-Pallice, Plymouth (Jan-Aug only), Liverpool.
Orduña
Orita
One voyage each around South America - outward via Straits of Magellan:
Liverpool, La Rochelle-Pallice, Coruña, Vigo, Rio de Janeiro, Santos (Orita only), Montevideo, Port Stanley, Magallanes, Coronel (Orduña only), Talcahuano, Valparaiso.
Return voyages as for "O" steamers above, except no calls at Vigo (Orduña called at Plymouth).
Orita One voyage around South America - return via Straits of Magellan:
Outward voyage as for "O" steamers above.
Return voyage: Valparaiso, San Antonio, Talcahuano, Corral, Magallanes, Port Stanley, Montevideo, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, St. Vincent, Lisbon, Vigo, Coruña, La Rochelle-Pallice, Liverpool.

Sailings January-December 1930 (issued November 1929)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Orduña
Orbita
Oropesa
Oroya
Orcoma
Orita
Liverpool, La Rochelle-Pallice, Santander, Coruña, Vigo, Bermuda (Orduña, Orbita and Orcoma - all voyages; Oropesa - some voyages), Havana, Cristobal, Balboa, Paita, Callao, Mollendo, Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta, Valparaiso.
Return voyages: Valparaiso, Antofagasta, Mejillones, Iquique, Arica, Mollendo, Callao, Balboa, Cristobal, Havana, Bermuda (Orduña, Orbita and Orcoma - all voyages; Oropesa and Oroya - one voyage each), Vigo (Mar-Sep: all voyages; Oct-Feb: Orduña, Orbita and Orcoma only), Coruña, Santander, La Rochelle-Pallice, Plymouth (Jan-July only), Liverpool.
Reina del Pacifico One voyage only:
Liverpool, La Rochelle-Pallice, Santander, Coruña, Vigo, Bermuda, Havana, Cristobal, Balboa, Paita, Callao, Mollendo, Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta, Valparaiso.
Return voyage: Valparaiso, Antofagasta, Mejillones, Iquique, Arica, Mollendo, Callao, Balboa, Cristobal, Havana, Bermuda, Vigo, Coruña, Santander, La Rochelle-Pallice, Liverpool.
Orduña
Orita
One voyage each around South America - outward via Straits of Magellan:
Liverpool, La Rochelle-Pallice, Santander, Coruña, Vigo, St. Vincent (Orita only), Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Port Stanley, Magallanes, Puerto Montt (Orduña only), Talcahuano, San Antonio, Valparaiso.
Return voyage of Orita as for "O" steamers above, except no calls at Vigo or Plymouth.
Return voyage of Orduña: Valparaiso, Antofagasta, Mejillones, Iquique, Arica, Mollendo, Callao, Balboa, Cristobal, Kingston, Havana, Sao Vicente/Azores, Vigo, Coruña, Santander, La Rochelle-Pallice, Plymouth, Liverpool.
Orita One voyage around South America - return via Straits of Magellan:
Outward voyage as for "O" steamers above.
Return voyage: Valparaiso, San Antonio, Talcahuano, Corral, Magallanes, Port Stanley, Montevideo, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, St. Vincent, Lisbon, Vigo, La Rochelle-Pallice, Liverpool.

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Sailings April 1930-March 1931 (issued April 1930)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Ebro
Essequibo
New York, Havana, Cristobal, Balboa, Callao, Mollendo, Arica, Iquique, Tocopilla, Antofagasta, Chanaral, Valparaiso.
Return voyages: Valparaiso, Chanaral, Antofagasta, Gatico, Tocopilla, Mollendo, Callao, Salaverry, Paita, Balboa, Cristobal, Havana, New York.
(Voyages apparently continued from Valparaiso to San Antonio and Talcahuana: "dates of arrival and departure on application".)

Sailings January-December 1936 (issued October 1935)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Reina del Pacifico
Orduña
Orbita
Liverpool, La Rochelle-Pallice, Santander, Coruña, Vigo, Bermuda, Nassau, Havana, Kingston (Sep-Feb only), Cristobal, Balboa, La Libertad, Paita, Callao, Mollendo, Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta, Valparaiso.
Return voyages: Valparaiso, Antofagasta, Mejillones, Tocopilla (Orduña and Orbita), Iquique, Arica, Mollendo, Callao, La Libertad, Balboa, Cristobal, Kingston (Mar-Sep only), Havana, Nassau, Bermuda, Vigo, Coruña, Gijon (May-Aug only), Santander, La Rochelle-Pallice, Plymouth (Mar-Aug only), Liverpool.
Reina del Pacifico One voyage around South America - outward via Straits of Magellan:
Liverpool, Plymouth, La Rochelle-Pallice, Santander, Coruña, Vigo, Las Palmas, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo, Port Stanley, Magallanes, Puerto Montt, Talcahuano, San Antonio, Valparaiso.
Return voyage: Valparaiso, Antofagasta, Mejillones, Iquique, Arica, Mollendo, Callao, Balboa, Cristobal, Kingston, Havana, Nassau, Bermuda, Vigo, Coruña, Santander, La Rochelle-Pallice, Plymouth, Liverpool.

Sailings January-December 1939 (issued November 1938)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Reina del Pacifico Liverpool, La Rochelle-Pallice, Bermuda, Nassau, Havana, Kingston (occasionally), Cristobal, Balboa, Salinas (Guayaquil), Paita, Callao, Mollendo, Arica, Iquique, Tocopilla (optional), Antofagasta, Valparaiso.
Return voyages: Valparaiso, Antofagasta, Mejillones, Iquique, Arica, Mollendo, Callao, Peruvian ports, Paita, Salinas, Balboa, Cristobal, Kingston (one voyage only), Havana, Nassau, Bermuda, La Rochelle-Pallice, Plymouth (no calls in autumn/winter), Liverpool.

One voyage around South America:
Liverpool, La Rochelle-Pallice, Madeira, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Port Stanley, Punta Arenas, Puertto Montt, Talcahuano, San Antonio, Valparaiso, Antofagasta, Mejillones, Iquique, Arica, Mollendo, Callao, Balboa, Cristobal, Kingston, Havana, Nassau, Bermuda, Azores, La Rochelle-Pallice, Plymouth, Liverpool.

Orbita
Orduña
Oropesa
Liverpool, La Rochelle-Pallice, Bermuda, Nassau (Oropesa - one voyage only), Havana, Kingston (occasionally), Cristobal, Balboa, Salinas (Guayaquil), Paita, Callao, Mollendo, Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta, Valparaiso.
Return voyages: Valparaiso, Antofagasta, Mejillones, Iquique, Arica, Mollendo, Callao, Peruvian ports, Paita, Salinas, Balboa, Cristobal, Kingston (occasionally), Havana, Nassau (except Oropesa), Bermuda, La Rochelle-Pallice, Plymouth (except Oropesa; Orbita and Orduña - no calls in autumn/winter), Liverpool.

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Sailings January-October 1955 (issued November 1954)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Reina del Pacifico Liverpool, La Rochelle-Pallice, Santander, Coruña, Bermuda, Nassau, Havana, Kingston, Cartagena, Cristobal, La Libertad, Callao, Arica, Mejillones, Antofagasta, Valparaiso.
Called at Mollendo (optional) instead of Arica and called Plymouth before Liverpool on return voyages.

One voyage only:
Liverpool, La Rochelle-Pallice, Santander, Coruña, Bermuda, Nassau, Havana, Kingston.
Return voyage: Kingston, Havana, Bermuda, Coruña, Liverpool.

Promotional brochure/deck plan (no sailings listed) (issued March 1967)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Cotopaxi
Potosi
Pizarro
Kenuta
Salinas
Santander
Salaverry
Salamanca
Liverpool, Cristobal, Balboa, Buenaventura, Guayaquil, Paita, Callao, Martarani, Arica, Iquique, Tocopilla, Antofagasta, Valparaiso.
Occasional calls at San Juan and Curaçao on outward voyages.

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See the archives section for more brochures of Pacific Steam Navigation Co.
See also the shipping in 1971 section.

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See also Hamburg-American Line and Orient Line.

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Pacific Steam Navigation Co. fleet information, history etc. on the following website:

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The Simplon Postcards website has pages of Pacific Steam Navigation Co. liners with many postcards/photos.

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On Barry Erskine's website on the Pacific Steam Navigation Company you may also find information of the line and its vessels.

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