Built as a steel hulled passenger-cargo vessel under yard No 448 by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd. Hull, U.K. for Empreza Nacional de Nav. A Vapor, Lisbon, Portugal.
02 February 1899 launched as the BOLAMA (II), named after Bolama Island, Guinea-Bissau.
Tonnage 883 grt, 695 net, dim. 200.0 (bpp) x 30.2 x 13.2ft.
One triple expansion steam engine, manufactured by the shipbuilder, 122 nhp, speed ?
March 1899 completed.
Used in the services from Portugal to the Portuguese colonies in Africa.
In 19? BOLAMA was transferred, or the company renamed in Cia Nacional de Navagaçaäa, Lisbon.
1930 Was her homeport Luanda, Angola.
08 October 1930 while berthed alongside at Lourenço Marques. Mozambique she got on fire thereafter broken up.
Guinéa-Bissau 2001 100FCFA sg?, scott?
Source: Register of Merchant Ships Completed in 1899. Lloyds Register 1930. http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz