Itata

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Itata
The Itata 1891
The Itata 1891
Ship data
Ship type Steamship

The Itata was a steamship. It was built in 1873. On the route from Valparaíso to Coquimbo with several hundred passengers on board, it got into bad weather at Coquimbo on August 28, 1922 and sank. Only 13 passengers survived. The wreck was found in 2017.

Individual evidence

  1. Itata , Wrecksite.
  2. Vittoria Traverso: Found: The Wreck of Chile's 'Titanic' , Atlas Obscura, November 13, 2017.