Steamship Pio IX

Built in Sunderland in 1887 and registered in Cadiz in that same year. Technical details: length: 101m; beam 13m; depth 9.5m; total tonnage 3,895 tn; engine power 2,800 hp. Jacobsen shows the ship in full sail, viewed from the port side. On the poop we can see the Spanish flag with the letters CM (Correo Marítimo – Maritime Mail).