Monte Sarmiento (ship, 1901)

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Monte Sarmiento
Wreck of Monte Sarmiento off Punta Remolino, Beagle Channel, Argentina
Wreck of Monte Sarmiento off Punta Remolino, Beagle Channel, Argentina
Ship data
flag ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
Ship type Passenger and cargo ship
Owner Nicolás Mihanovich
Shipyard Glasgow
Commissioning 1901
Whereabouts Stranded in 1912, wreck preserved
Ship dimensions and crew
length
100.5 m ( Lüa )
width 12.2 m
Draft Max. 5.4 m
displacement 1323  t
measurement 2,831 GRT
Machine system
machine Steam engine
propeller 1
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers I. class: 100
II. Class: 250

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Photo of the wreck

Coordinates: 54 ° 51 ′ 41.4 ″  S , 67 ° 51 ′ 22.1 ″  W.