SS Valdivia (1886)

	Valdivia in 1898
History
Name	1886: Tijuca; 1896: Valdivia; 1908: Tom G Corpi; 1909: Flandre;
Namesake	1886: Tijuca; 1896: Valdivia; 1909: Flanders;
Owner	1886: Hamburg Süd; 1896: HAPAG; 1908: Peter R Hinsch; 1909: Soc Gén des Transports Maritimes à Vap;
Port of registry	1886: Hamburg; 1909: Marseille;
Builder	Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Low Walker
Yard number	496
Launched	28 August 1886
Completed	October 1886
Identification	1909: code letters JGMW; ;
Fate	Scrapped, 1927
General characteristics
Type	Passenger ship
Tonnage	2,179 GRT, 1,372 NRT
Length	309.1 ft (94.2 m)
Beam	36.8 ft (11.2 m)
Depth	24.0 ft (7.3 m)
Decks	2
Installed power	265 NHP
Propulsion	triple-expansion engine
Capacity	40 × first class; 280 × steerage class;

SS Valdivia was a passenger ship that was built in England and launched in 1886 as Tijuca. She was renamed Valdivia in 1896, Tom G Corpi in 1908 and Flandre in 1909. She had a succession of German owners until 1909, when she was bought by a French shipping company. She was scrapped in 1927.

Valdivia is notable as the ship in which the German marine biologist Carl Chun undertook the Valdivia Expedition in 1898–99.

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