SS Valdivia was a passenger ship that was built in England and launched in 1886 as Tijuca.

She had a succession of German owners until 1909, when she was bought by a French shipping company.

[1] Armstrong, Mitchell & Co built Tijuca in its shipyard at Low Walker as yard number 496 for Hamburg Südamerikanische DG.

In 1908 Peter R Hinsch of Hamburg bought Valdivia and renamed her Tom G Corpi.

In 1909 the Société Générale de Transports Maritimes à Vapeur bought Tom G Corpi and renamed her Flandre.