IBERIA
Built : 1873 John Elder & Co, Glasgow
Tonnage : 4,671 g, 2,982 n
Dimensions : 433ft 6in (132.13m) x 45ft (13.72m) x 35ft 1in (10.69m)
Single screw, compound inverted; 2 cylinder; 750 NHP; 4,000 IHP; Steam Pressure 70 lbs; 4 cylindrical boilers, 2 to each funnel; 14 knots
Passengers : 100 1st, 150 2nd, 340 3rd Class
1873 Dec 6 : Launched as the world's largest ship excepting "Great Eastern" cost £151,600
1874 Oct 21: Maiden Voyage; her completion having been delayed by strikes
1880 May 12: First sailing to Australia for the joint Orient-PSNC service
1881 : Replaced "Aconcagua" as standby vessel on the London - Suez- Melbourne - Sydney route
1882 : Government transport during the Egyptian Arabi Pasha Campaigns
1883 Jan 25: Placed on regular service to Australia
1890 Jun 11: Reverted to the Liverpool - Valparaiso route
1893 : Triple expansion engine; 3 cylinders, 600 NHP; 4 cylindrical boilers; 13 knots; fitted by J.Rollo & Sons, Liverpool. At this time yards removed
1893 : Iberia made a positioning voyage to Australia to replace a disabled ship. The journey via the Cape was non-stop at 14 knots in 32 days
1903 : Broken up at Genoa

LIGURIA
Details as Iberia except
Built : 1874
Tonnage : 4,666g, 2,980n
1874 Sep 9 : Entered Birkenhead - Valparaiso service; cost £150,350
1880 : One of four vessels tranferred to Orient Line management. May 12 first voyage London - Suez- Melbourne - Sydney.
1890 May 9: Last Australian voyage; Sept 17 ; reverted to Valparaiso service
1893 : Triple expansion engine; 3 cylinders, 600 NHP; 15 knots; new boilers; by D Rollo & Sons, Liverpool. Yards removed from masts
1903 : Sold and broken up at Genoa