This page
is devoted to the fleet of Portuguese company Companhia Colonial
de Navegacao. The
table below
shows complete career histories of individual ships. Beneath
the table is a fleet list of ships.
Companhia
Colonial de Navegacao was established in 1922 by Sociedade Agricola
de Ganda, Companhia do Amboim de Angola and Ed. Guedes Ltda.
to operate services from Portugal to Africa. In Feb.1974 the
company amalgamated with Empresa Insulana to form Companhia Portuguesa
de Transportes Maritimes (CPTM).
My thanks
to Dimas Almada for his help with scans on this page. Dimas can
be contacted at shipsfan@hotmail.com
5:
Mouzinho,
in service 1929-1954. 8410 grt, 691 passengers, ex-Corcovado
of 1908
Company
postcard of Mouzinho (Mousinho on this card).
Company
postcard of Mouzinho.
Scan:
Dimas Almada
Serpa Pinto
(Colonial:
1940-1955)
8:
Serpa Pinto,
in service 1940-55, 8267 grt, 704 passengers.
Serpa
Pinto
was built as Ebro for Royal Mail in 1915, and was transferred
to the PSNCo in 1922. She became
the Princess Olga of Jugoslavenska Lloyd in 1935 and then
served as Serpa Pinto of Companhia Colonial de Navegacao
from 1940-1955.
Photograph
of Princeza Olga ofJugoslavenska Lloyd (1935-1940).
Scan:
Ivo Batricevic
Company
art card of Serpa Pinto with black hull.
Company
art card of Serpa Pinto with grey hull.
Photographic
postcard of Serpa Pinto at Funchal.
Scan:
Dimas Almada
Benguela
(Colonial:
1946-1974)
Benguela, freighter, built 1946,
5095 grt. Transferred to CPTM in 1974.
Company
art card of Benguela.
Two
variations on the same painting were issued.
Company
art card of Benguela.
Two
variations on the same painting were issued.
Chaimite
(Colonial:
1950-1973)
2043
grt. Sold 1973 to Eurasia Carriers, London.
Company
art card of Chaimite.
Scan:
Dimas Almada
Nampula
(Colonial:
1950-1973)
2043
grt. Scrapped 1973.
Company
art card of Nampula.
Scan:
Dimas Almada
Patria
(Colonial:
1947-1973)
9:
Patria,
in service 1947-1973 (scrapped). 13196 grt, 798 passengers.
Company
art card of Patria.
Photographic
postcard of Patria.
Scan:
Dimas Almada
Photographic
postcard of Patria.
Scan:
Dimas Almada
Imperio
(Colonial:
1948-1974)
10:Imperio, in service 1948-74
(scrapped), 13186 grt, 799 passengers.
Company
art card of Imperio.
Photographic
postcard of Imperio.
Scan:
Dimas Almada
Amboim
(Colonial:
1948-1974)
Amboim, freighter, built 1948,
scrapped 1974. 5895 grt
Company
art card of Amboim.
Luanda
(Colonial:
1948-1973)
Luanda, freighter, built 1948,
scrapped 1973. 5941 grt
Company
art card of Luanda.
Ganda
(Colonial:
1947-1974)
Ganda, freighter, built 1947.
Transferred to CPTM in 1974. 5895 grt
