''Amélia IV'' was a passenger ship built in 1900 as SS ''Banshee''. As ''Amélia IV'', she served as the

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for the Portuguese monarch from 1901 to 1910. From 1910 to 1937 she served the Portuguese Navy as an auxiliary ship under the name ''Cinco de Outubro''.

History

Cox & King of London designed ''Amélia IV'' and

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built her for Colonel

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. Miss Lawson of London launched her on 17 July 1900. King Carlos I of Portugal purchased her for use as the Royal Yacht and she arrived in Portugal on 2 September 1901. She served a dual purpose as the Portuguese Navy also used her for oceanographic research. In 1908 she travelled to the Exhibition of the centenary of the opening of the Ports of Brazil with presents from the by then late

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. When the monarchy of Portugal was overthrown in 1910, ''Amélia IV'' transported the new young King, Manuel II, to safety in Gibraltar. She was then renamed ''Cinco de Outubro''. The Portuguese Navy finally disposed of her in 1937.

References

1900 ships Steamships of the United Kingdom Ships built in Leith Auxiliary ships of the Portuguese Navy Royal and presidential yachts {{DEFAULTSORT:Amelie