Monte Sarmiento (ship, 1901)
Wreck of Monte Sarmiento off Punta Remolino, Beagle Channel, Argentina
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The Monte Sarmiento was an Argentine passenger and cargo ship that ran onto a rock in the Beagle Channel not far from Ushuaia in 1912 and was abandoned. The wreck is still partly over water.
history
The ship was built in 1901 in Glasgow for the "Elder Dempster Shipping" for the West India Service . In 1909 it was bought by Nicolás Mihanovich (1846–1929), born in present-day Croatia (then Austria-Hungary ) , who was Latin America's largest shipowner at the time, for 52,000 pounds sterling and used in emigrant shipping between Europe and Patagonia , where numerous Croatian ships since 1880 Resettlers lived.
After leaving Ushuaia on April 1, 1912, the ship ran under Captain Francisco Soady on the way to Río Gallego in the early morning hours of April 2 on the Lawrence Rocks at Punta Remolino near the former Estancia Remolino . There were no illuminated nautical signs in this part of the Beagle Channel . The crew (82 men) and passengers were able to cross over to the nearby bank in the boats and were rescued the next day by the school frigate Presidente Sarmiento . The wreck, which was broken in two and populated by numerous marine animals, can still be seen in parts and is accessible to experienced divers.
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Coordinates: 54 ° 51 ′ 41.4 ″ S , 67 ° 51 ′ 22.1 ″ W.