Ram Poderoso

Poderoso

In the Talcahuano customs port (before 2010)

Ship data flag  Chile Ship type Steam tugboat Shipyard Grayson, Garston, UK Launch May 27, 1911 Decommissioning December 15, 1987 Whereabouts Since 1994 museum ship in Talcahuano , Chile

Ship dimensions and crew length 37.80 mm ( Lüa ) width 7.60 mm Draft Max. 4.65 mm measurement 285 GRT

Machine system machine 1 × compound steam engine on 1 fixed propeller Machine performance 680 hp

The steam tug Poderoso is a museum ship in Talcahuano , Chile .

history

Poderoso capsized at the pier on February 23, 2011

The deep sea tug ( Remolcador de Alta Mar , short RAM) Poderoso was launched on May 27, 1911 by the shipyard H. & C. Grayson in Garston near Liverpool as hull number 69 and in July 1911 it was transferred to Valparaíso , where it was used for a long time largest and most modern tug in Chile was used in port operations. After 77 years of service, it was retired in 1988 and listed as a historical monument in 1990 . In 1994 the ship was brought to the Talcahuano customs port as a museum ship.

As a result of the tsunami following the earthquake in Chile in 2010 , the ship capsized in the port and has not been raised since then. The state of preservation is now critical.

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• The Poderoso on Miramar Ship Index , accessed May 20, 2009.
• Buscan rescatar al histórico Ram Poderoso en Talcahuano ("Historical deep-sea tug Poderoso in Talcahuano is to be recovered"). In: Diario de Concepción , November 11, 2016, accessed June 22, 2018 (Spanish).

Coordinates: 36 ° 42 ′ 48.3 "  S , 73 ° 6 ′ 36.6"  W.