Sails and compound inverted steam engine, single screw, 500 ihp (373 kW)[1]
Speed
12 knots (22 km/h)[1]
Capacity
313 passengers[2]
Crew
80[2]
RMS Douro was a British passenger liner that served from 1865 to 1882 with the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company.[3] She was sunk in a collision in 1882.
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^*Nicol, Stuart (2001). MacQueen's Legacy; A History of the Royal Mail Line. Vol. 1. Brimscombe Port and Charleston, SC: Tempus Publishing. pp. 222–241. ISBN 0-7524-2118-2.
RMSDouro was a British passenger liner that served from 1865 to 1882 with the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. She was sunk in a collision in 1882. Douro...
barge owned and operated by Portuguese holiday company Douro Azul for luxury cruises along the Douro river, Porto, Portugal. Previously owned and operated...
RMS Rhone was a UK Royal Mail Ship owned by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSP). She was wrecked off the coast of Salt Island in the British Virgin...
1987 A cargo ship that caught fire and was grounded off Cape Finisterre. RMSDouro United Kingdom 1 April 1882 A Royal Mail Ship that sank off the coast...
Iberian Roman province encompassing most of modern-day Portugal (south of the Douro River) and a large portion of western Spain (the present Extremadura and...
Retrieved 1 January 2015. goldsovereigns.co.uk The Unfortunate Tragedy of The RMSDouro "Loss of a Royal Mail Company's Steamer". The Times. No. 30471. London...
ancient Iberian Roman province located where modern Portugal (south of the Douro river) and part of western Spain (the present autonomous community of Extremadura...
route. Ceramic was the largest ship serving the route until P&O introduced RMS Mooltan in 1923. In 1934 Shaw, Savill & Albion Line absorbed White Star's...
in Porto. Civilians fleeing the advancing French army tried to cross the Douro river over a fragile pontoon bridge, which collapsed.[citation needed] Portugal...
and the Ebro basin in Spain and Andorra, it has been introduced to the Douro system. It is a gregarious species which can be found in cold, clear, fast...
northern Portugal and known from between Limia and Tornada drainages, south of Douro. It occurs in the lower stretches of rivers and streams. It can grow to...
the same time RMSP introduced a pair of new 22,200 GRT liners, RMS Asturias in 1926 and RMS Alcantara in 1927, which at that stage were the largest motor...
species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the Douro River in northern Portugal and in rivers draining to both the Atlantic Ocean...
the Limia/Lima's and the Sado Rivers' drainage basins (i.e. including the Douro and Tagus for example). Though its range is not particularly large, L. bocagei...
the rivers of the Iberian Peninsula across a large area, including the Douro, Mondego, Lima, Minho, and Lérez basins. Recently several researchers have...
harvesting in estuarine ecosystems – Case study in the Local Natural Reserve of Douro Estuary, Portugal". Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada. 13 (2): 157–168...
Portugal. It is also found in the provinces Beira Alta, Douro Litoral, Minho, Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro and in the Peneda-Gerês National Park. In Spain, the...
luscus).Dissertações de Mestrado. Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. Abstract and PDF Worsham, McLean L. D.; Huffman, David G.; Moravec, Frantisek;...
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1896 Ship State Description Douro Brazil The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère...
took to two boats. Fourteen crew on one boat were rescued by the steamship RMS Avon ( United Kingdom); eight in the second boat were rescued by Duguay Trouin...
29 January. Norma Portugal The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Douro. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Rio de Janeiro...
Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Mexico. Her crew were rescued. Douro Confederate States of America American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying...
Sweden The cargo ship collided with Douro ( Denmark) off Dragør, Denmark and sank. Her crew were rescued by Douro. Francis L. Taussig United States While...
assistance. Trio United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the Douro. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Bilbao, Spain. She was refloated...
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